Title :
Design and optical modulation of electrochromic windows
Author :
Dao, Lê H. ; Nguyên, T.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Recherche sur les Mater. Avances, Inst. Nat. de la Recherche Sci., Varennes, Que., Canada
Abstract :
The fabrication and design of electrochromic smart windows based on anodically coloring conductive polymers and cathodically coloring transition-metal oxides are described. Some fundamental and practical aspects of the complementary five-layer transmissive electrochromic devices are presented. The electrochromic layers are prepared by new large-surface coating techniques. Solid, gelled, or glassy polymers were used as ionically conductive electrolytes. The electrochemical and optical characteristics of all solid-state, five-layer, electrochromic devices are discussed
Keywords :
electrochromic devices; optical design techniques; optical films; optical modulation; anodically coloring conductive polymers; cathodically coloring transition-metal oxides; electrochemical characteristics; electrochromic smart windows; five-layer transmissive electrochromic devices; gelled polymers; glassy polymers; ionically conductive electrolytes; large-surface coating techniques; optical characteristics; optical modulation; solid polymers; Coatings; Electrochromic devices; Electrochromism; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Polymer gels; Solids; Windows;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74708
