The invention discloses a preparation method of a branched 
zinc oxide nanowire array film. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: cleaning a conductive substrate with 
acetone, 
ethanol and deionized water for later use, and preparing a 
zinc oxide nanowire array on the surface of the cleaned conductive substrate through a hydro-
thermal reaction: cleaning the conductive substrate, and putting into a reaction solution in a reaction kettle; dissolving the reaction solution which consists of a 
zinc salt, polyethyleneimine, hexamethylene 
tetramine and 
ammonia water into a certain amount of water, putting into a high-pressure kettle, heating to 50-200 DEG C, reacting for 1-24 hours, and naturally cooling to the 
room temperature; and vulcanizing and calcining a growing 
zinc oxide nanowire (rod) array, and performing secondary hydro-
thermal treatment to obtain a branched 
zinc oxide nanowire (rod) array film. Due to the generation of a branched structure, the specific surface area of a 
zinc oxide nanowire (rod) can be increased effectively. The zinc 
oxide nanowire array film prepared with the method can be applied in various fields of dye-sensitized solar cells, 
photoluminescence, 
electron field emission and the like. The preparation method is simple and convenient and has a high performance 
price ratio.