Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 404, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126402
Keywords
Electrochromism; Ambipolar electrochromic device; Colorless-to-black; Optical contrast; Near-infrared region
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Funding
- NSFC [21074039]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong [2014B090901068, 2016A010103003]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi [204201400639]
- Jiangxi University of Science and Technology [205200100431]
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Electrochromic materials like PVTPA-CL, when combined with EV or WO3, can create color complementary ambipolar electrochromic devices with reversible color changes and high optical contrast.
Electrochromic materials are getting huge attention of recent research owing to their vast applications in the optoelectronic research field. Herein, poly(4-vinyltriphenylamine) (PVTPA) was chemically synthesized. The cross-linked poly(4-vinyltriphenylamine) (PVTPA-CL) film with a thickness of similar to 480 nm was prepared by electropolymerization process. The color complementary ambipolar electrochromic devices (ECDs) were fabricated using the PVTPA-CL films and ethyl viologen (EV) or tungsten trioxide (WO3) as electrochromic active materials. The structures of ECDs were indium tin oxide (ITO) glass/PVTPA-CL film/GE-1 (PMMA:LiClO4:ACN:PC:EV = 7:3:30:60:3.5, w/w)/ITO glass (ECD 3), ITO glass/PVTPA-CL film/GE-2 (PMMA:ACN:PC:EV = 7:30:60:3.5, w/w)/ITO glass (ECD 4), and ITO glass/PVTPA-CL film/GE-3 ((PMMA:LiClO4:ACN:PC = 7:3:30:60, w/w)/WO3/ITO glass (ECD 5). The electrochromic properties of ECDs were investigated. All the ECDs exhibited reversible color changes between colorless and black under different voltages. Furthermore, ECDs also exhibited high optical contrast in visible and near-infrared region; the optical contrast of ECD 3, ECD 4, and ECD 5 are greater than 62.9%, 61.2%, and 70.6% in the 430-800 nm range, respectively. Compared with ECD 3 and ECD 4, ECD 5 exhibited higher optical contrast in the near-infrared region and shorter switching time, and its coloring and bleaching times were 4.6 s and 3.0 s, respectively. Ambipolar color-complementary colorless-to-black electrochromic device (ECD 5) based on PVTPA-CL and WO3 films is promising for electrochromic smart windows.
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