Optical and electrochromic properties of sol–gel WO3 films on conducting glass

Influence of annealing temperature on microstructure and optical properties of sol–gel derived tungsten oxide films

“…have been utilized for deposition of WO 3 films. Out of which the sol-gel processing being cost-effective, has good control over the microstructrue and homogeneity of the coatings [19]. Therefore, this technique has also been used for the development of electrochromic coating with the materials, either tungsten alkoxides W(OR) 6 or tungsten oxyalkoxide WO(OR) 4 or WO 2 (OR) 2 .…”

Microstructural and electrochromic characteristics of electrodeposited and annealed WO3 films

“…In smart windows, thin films of active electrochromic materials, in response to the variation in the brightness of the environment, dynamically modulate optical transmittance by the application of an electric potential or current. It opens possibilities in energy-efficient architecture wherein the air conditioning and heating requirements can be brought down considerably by employing electrochromic bsmart windowsQ [1,3]. Such windows usually encompass WO 3 as the primary electrochromic electrode as it happens to be the most extensively studied chromogenic material until date [4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

“…[7]. Most importantly, these routes allow the tailor-making of the microstructure of the films by the introduction of chemical dopants to the reactant sols or by the control over annealing conditions, which culminates in the fabrication of films with improved properties [2,3].…”

Preparation and infrared emissivity study of collagen-g-PMMA/In2O3 nanocomposite

“…For example, in application to camouflage, the low emissivity coating should have good broadband compatibility, i.e., being effective in infrared as well as in radar, microwave or visible spectral range. In recent years, application of nanomaterials to low emissivity coating has attracted more and more attentions [3,6] due to unusual physicochemical and optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials [7]. Nanoscale indium oxide is commonly used material in low emissivity coating.…”

“…In practical applications, the coating generally attains the low emissivity by using nanocomposites based on indium oxide owing to high emissivity of the coating made of single nanoscale indium oxide. Much work has focused on incorporation of inorganic components into indium oxide [3,8]. However, few reports have dealt with the incorporation of organic components.…”