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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 1139-1144Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.05.014
Keywords
Transition metal oxides WO3; Optical properties; Suspensions; Functional applications; Electrochromic
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Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) was applied in coating hydrothermally synthesized crystalline tungsten oxide (WO3) nanorods onto ITO glass for electrochromic application. Nanorods suspension of 10 mg/cm(3) was used in the EPD with optimum electric field of 5-6 V/cm. Saturation in WO3 deposited amount at electric field >7 V/cm was observed during constant voltage EPD. This Could be attributed to the oxide layer shielding effect on the electric field induced electrophoresis. Constant Current EPD from 0.2 mA/cm(2) to 1.4 mA/cm(2) was also performed for the WO3 nanorods. The deposited amount of nanorods was found to be proportional to the Current density from 0.2 mA/cm(2) to 0.8 mA/cm(2) under constant deposition duration. However, the deposited amount decreased at current density >0.8 mA/cm(2). This could be due to the high deposition rate that resulted in poor adhesion and hence nanorods peel off during the substrate removal. It was noted that the EPD of nanorods followed a linear relationship in I vs. t(-1/2) plot according to Cottrell equation, which implied that the reaction was a diffusion controlled process. The EPD coated substrate was tested in 1 M LiClO4/propylene carbonate (PC) electrolyte for electrochromic studies. The porous WO3 nanorods layer exhibited optical modulation Delta T-700 nm of 40%, moderate coloration time t(c)(70%) of 28.8 s and improved bleaching time t(b)(70%) of 4.5 s, Which Could be due to the porous oxide layer with large surface area that facilitates the ion insertion/extraction and the electrolyte penetration in the oxide layer shortens the ionic diffusion length of Li. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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