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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40684-018-0067-9

Fabrication of an Automatic Color-Tuned System with Flexibility Using a Dry Deposited Photoanode  

Choi, Dahyun (Department of Materials Engineering, Hanyang University)
Park, Yoonchan (Department of Materials Engineering, Hanyang University)
Lee, Minji (Department of Materials Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Kwangmin (Department of Materials Engineering, Hanyang University)
Choi, Jung-Oh (School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
Lee, Caroline Sunyong (Department of Materials Engineering, Hanyang University)
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International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology / v.5, no.5, 2018 , pp. 643-650 More about this Journal
Abstract
A self-powered electrochromic device was fabricated on an indium tin oxide-polyethylene naphthalate flexible substrate using a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) as a self-harvesting source; the electrochromic device was naturally bleached and operated under outdoor light conditions. The color of the organic electrochromic polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate, was shifted from pale blue to deep blue with an antimony tin oxide film as a charge-balanced material. Electrochromic performance was enhanced by secondary doping using dimethyl sulfoxide. As a result, the device showed stable switching behavior with a high transmittance change difference of 40% at its specific wavelength of 630 nm for 6 hrs. To improve the efficiency of the solar cell, 1.0 wt.% of Ag NWs in the photoanode was applied to the $TiO_2$ photoanode. It resulted in an efficiency of 3.3%, leading to an operating voltage of 0.7 V under xenon lamp conditions. As a result, we built a standalone self-harvesting electrochromic system with the performance of transmittance switching of 29% at 630 nm, by connecting with two solar cells in a device. Thus, a self-harvesting and flexible device was fabricated to operate automatically under the irradiated/dark conditions.
Keywords
Self-harvesting; Electrochromic device; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Dry deposition system;
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