Abstract-Electrochromic iridium oxide thin films were deposited by spray pyrolysis technique onto indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates using iridium chloride as an aqueous solution. The influence of the substrate temperature, the deposition period of time and the solution molarity have been investigated as related to the film's electrochromic (EC) performance. The electrochromic properties of the films were investigated in a (0.5M H 2 SO 4 ) aqueous electrolytic solution using cyclic voltammetry (CV). The transmittance has been measured over the spectral wavelength range between 300 and 2400 nm. The substrate temperature (T sub ), the deposition period of time, the solution molarity and the colouration and bleaching potentials were optimized and found to be 400 o C, 10 min, 0.02 M, ±0.8 V, respectively. The films have acquired a maximum transmittance solar modulation ΔT s and a maximum visible modulation ΔTv at 630 nm optimal optical modulation. The iridium oxide films prepared in this work have been deposited onto ITO-coated glass substrates using spray pyrolytic iridium chloride solution as well as the effect of substrate temperature, solution molarity and the deposition time have been investigated and discussed in accordance with the films' electrochromic activation.
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A. Preparation of Electrochromic Iridium OxideIndium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrates were first cleaned very carefully by ultrasonic degreasing process with isopropanol and deionized water. A set of iridium oxide thin films were then deposited on the ITO-coated glass substrates using the aqueous solution of iridium chloride (IrCl 3 .3H 2 O) under different substrate temperatures, different solution molarity ratios and for various time. The samples were then annealed at 600 o C for 2 hours.The optical transmittance of the films was measured in the wavelength range between 300 nm to 2500 nm using SHIMADZU UV 3101 PC: UV-VIS-NIR double beam spectrophotometer. The electrochromic (EC) characteristics of the iridium oxide thin films deposited onto ITO-coated glass substrates were then investigated at different substrate temperatures (ranging from 350 to 500 o C, in steps of 50 o C) and with solution molarity ratios (between 0.005 and 0.03 M). The iridium oxide thin films deposited onto ITO-coated glass substrates were used as working electrodes in a three-electrode electrochemical cell containing 0.5M H 2 SO 4 solution. The Platinum sheet and saturated calomel electrode (SCE) are used as a counter and reference electrodes respectively.A JEOL X-ray diffractometer (model JSDX-60PA) with Ni-filtered and Cu: Kα radiation ( λK α = 0.154184 nm) was high contrast non emissive information displays [1], [2]. Two categories of electrochromism are defined based on the absorption wavelengths namely; visible electrochromism in the wavelength range of 350 to 850 nm and non-visible electrochromism in the wavelength range < 350 nm and > 850 nm. Iridium oxides are known as anodic electrochromic material in which they are able to...