TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrochromic properties of nanostructured tungsten oxide films prepared by surfactant-assisted sol-gel process
AU - Wu, Ching Lin
AU - Wang, Chun Kai
AU - Lin, Chung Kwei
AU - Wang, Sheng Chang
AU - Huang, Jow Lay
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the National Science Council of Taiwan for supporting this research.
PY - 2013/9/25
Y1 - 2013/9/25
N2 - Pristine and surfactant F-127 added tungsten oxide films have been prepared successfully by sol-gel method using PTA as the precursor sol. After annealing at 300°C, amorphous WO3 films with or without F-127 additions were prepared. The F-127-added tungsten oxide films exhibit porous microstructure, which are affected by the amount of F-127 addition. Nanosized microstructure with pore size less than 10nm can be observed with small amount of F-127 addition (less than 0.06g/ml) , where as larger spherical or tubular pores are found with superfluous F-127 addition (higher than 0.08g/ml). Not only the transmittance modulation but also the coloration efficiency can be improved by adding surfactant F-127. Tungsten oxide film with 0.10g/mlF-127 addition exhibits the best electrochromic performance with a transmittance modulation of 67.6% and a coloration efficiency of 38.3cm2C-1.
AB - Pristine and surfactant F-127 added tungsten oxide films have been prepared successfully by sol-gel method using PTA as the precursor sol. After annealing at 300°C, amorphous WO3 films with or without F-127 additions were prepared. The F-127-added tungsten oxide films exhibit porous microstructure, which are affected by the amount of F-127 addition. Nanosized microstructure with pore size less than 10nm can be observed with small amount of F-127 addition (less than 0.06g/ml) , where as larger spherical or tubular pores are found with superfluous F-127 addition (higher than 0.08g/ml). Not only the transmittance modulation but also the coloration efficiency can be improved by adding surfactant F-127. Tungsten oxide film with 0.10g/mlF-127 addition exhibits the best electrochromic performance with a transmittance modulation of 67.6% and a coloration efficiency of 38.3cm2C-1.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.01.061
DO - 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.01.061
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84882828655
SN - 0257-8972
VL - 231
SP - 403
EP - 407
JO - Surface and Coatings Technology
JF - Surface and Coatings Technology
ER -