Owing to their nonemissive characteristics, electrochromic materials promise distinct advantages in developing next-generation eye-friendly information displays. Yet, it remains a challenge to manipulate the structure of the materials to achieve a strong memory effect with high optical contrast, which is of importance for displaying images with essentially zero energy consumption. Here, we design a mixed crystalline WO x thin film implanted with massive oxygen deficiencies based on a conventional reactive magnetron sputtering process. The obtained WO x film exhibits high dual-band optical modulation in both visible (VIS, 99.0% in 633 nm) and near-infrared (NIR, 94.2% in 1300 nm) regions as well as an exceptional memory effect (the colored transmittance increases only by 0.04% at 633 nm after 50 days). The enhanced electrochromic performance can be attributed to dense Li+-ion binding sites as well as the trapping effect provided by the massive internal oxygen deficiencies. The strategy in this work bestows the WO x thin film a promising candidate for developing electrochromic information displays and other energy-efficient devices as well.

Stable perovskites light sources with long‐term stability are of great significance for future commercial applications. In this review, recent advances of the degradation models for perovskites and strategies for enhancing the stability of the corresponding light sources are summarized. Improving the stability and quality of perovskite materials is a common way for developing stable perovskite light sources. For strengthening the stability of perovskite light‐emitting diodes, approaches such as surface and interface engineering and employing more stable hole injection layers are effective. To enhance the stability of perovskite amplified spontaneous emission and lasers, methods such as protecting perovskites by materials with high intrinsic thermal conductivity and high stability, better thermal managements, and reducing the threshold carrier densities are useful. This work will be helpful for further prompting the performances, especially the stability of perovskite light sources in this fantastic field.

Construction of local nanostructures shins new light on separately modulate electric and thermal transport toward high thermoelectric performance.

A novel approach integrates the hetero-interfacial charge carrier management, the photothermal excitation of the carbon sphere core and the injection of hot electrons into the TiO2 shells, consequently enhancing the visible light driven catalysis.