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Dalton Trans. 2015 Feb 14;44(6):2788-800. doi: 10.1039/c4dt02953d.

High performing smart electrochromic device based on honeycomb nanostructured h-WO3 thin films: hydrothermal assisted synthesis.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

Vijay V Kondalkar, Sawanta S Mali, Rohini R Kharade, Kishorkumar V Khot, Pallavi B Patil, Rahul M Mane, Sipra Choudhury, Pramod S Patil, Chang K Hong, Jin H Kim, Popatrao N Bhosale

Affiliations

  1. Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, MS, India. [email protected].

PMID: 25500946 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02953d

Abstract

Herein, we report honeycomb nanostructured single crystalline hexagonal WO(3) (h-WO(3)) thin films in order to improve electrochromic performance. In the present investigation, honeycomb nanostructured WO(3) with different unit size and nanowire array with highly nanocrystalline frameworks have been synthesized via a hydrothermal technique. The influence of hydrothermal reaction time on the honeycomb unit cells, crystallite size, lithium ion diffusion coefficient and switching time for coloration/bleaching were studied systematically. The electrochromic study reveals that the honeycomb unit cell size has a significant impact on the electrochromic performance. Small unit cells in the honeycomb lead to large optical modulation and fast switching response. A large optical modulation in the visible spectral region (60.74% at λ = 630 nm) at a potential of -1.2 V with fast switching time (4.29 s for coloration and 3.38 s for bleaching) and high coloration efficiency (87.23 cm(2) C(-1)) is observed in the honeycomb WO(3) thin films with a unit cell diameter of 1.7 μm. The variation in color on reduction of WO(3) with applied potential has been plotted on an xy-chromaticity diagram and the color space coordinate shows the transition from a colorless to deep blue state.

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