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Electrochromic performance of Zn-Ti-O composite thin film with electrolyte dependence

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Zn-Ti-O composite thin film prepared on FTO by sol-gel technique is discovered presenting electrochromic behavior in electrolytes with Li+ ion (LiClO4) and K+ (KCl) as well. The observed EC colored/bleached switching is electrolyte dependent which is blue-green/transparent in LiClO4 and gray-blue/transparent in KCl, respectively. Accordantly, the respective most optical modulation (ΔT) between colored and bleached states is ~ 32% (710 nm) in LiClO4 and ~ 37% (600 nm) in KCl. The finding of appreciable steady EC durability with appealing visual optical contrast (ΔT) in conventionally fabricated Zn-Ti-O thin film using with bigger/heavier K+ electrolyte helps expanding the applicable components in EC device.

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The authors are grateful for XRD characterization work assisted by Laboratory for Microstructures of Shanghai University.

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This work was supported by the Shandong Jinjing Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology under Grant No. 15JC1400303.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Ji Shi, Rensong Guo & Shengwen Yu

  2. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Rensong Guo

  3. Institute of Smart Materials and Applied Technology, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Shengwen Yu

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Shi, J., Guo, R. & Yu, S. Electrochromic performance of Zn-Ti-O composite thin film with electrolyte dependence. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 3815–3820 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-4090-0

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