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Electrochromics and Thermochromics for Energy Efficient Fenestration: New Applications Based on Transparent Conducting Nanoparticles

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This paper summarizes some recent advances for electrochromic and thermochromic fenestration. For the former application, we consider a polymer-laminated construction and show that the addition of nanoparticles to the electrolyte can enhance its ionic conductivity (with fumed silica) and quench the near-infrared transmittance which transmits solar energy but is not important for visible light (with ITO nanoparticles). Regarding thermochromics, we discuss recent experimental and theoretical work on Mg-doped VO2, where the doping lowers the luminous absorptance, and on measurements applied to Al2O3-coated VO2 with good stability with regard to high-temperature treatment.

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    C. G. Granqvist, İ. Bayrak Pehlivan, Y.-X. Ji, S.-Y. Li & G. A. Niklasson

  2. ChromoGenics AB, Märstagatan 4, Uppsala, SE-75323, Sweden

    E. Pehlivan & R. Marsal

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Granqvist, C.G., Bayrak Pehlivan, İ., Ji, YX. et al. Electrochromics and Thermochromics for Energy Efficient Fenestration: New Applications Based on Transparent Conducting Nanoparticles. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1558, 901 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2013.1086

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