Photo-thermochromic properties of oxygen-containing yttrium hydride and tungsten oxide composite films

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109930

	Photo-thermochromic properties of oxygen-containing yttrium hydride and tungsten oxide composite films
	Zhang, Qixuan; Xie, Lingling; Zhu, Ying; Tao, Ying; Li, Rong; Xu, Jiaqiang; Bao, Shanhu; Jin, Ping
刊名	SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
	2019-09-15
卷号	200
关键词	Photochromic Thermochromic Energy saving material Yttrium hydride Tungsten oxide
ISSN号	0927-0248
DOI	10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109930
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Monolayer oxygen-containing yttrium hydride (YHx:O) and tungsten oxide (WO3) films show photochromic properties and have many potential energy-saving applications. YHx:O/WO3 composite films have better solar energy regulation properties than their monolayers because of the photochromic synergistic effects between the YHx:O and WO3 thin films. However, the reversion of these films to their initial transparent state is slow at room temperature, which limits their use in energy-saving windows. In this work, we developed a photo-thermochromic optical switching method that reversibly changes YHx:O/WO3 films between their transparent and infrared (IR) absorption states smoothly. The YHx:O/WO3 composite films were prepared by DC magnetron sputtering, and the reversible optical switching properties and photochromic mechanism were investigated by Xray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The composite films changed from their transparent state to their absorption state under illumination within 10 min, and returned to their transparent state when they were heated at 60-100 degrees C for 5 min. Compared with the single-layer YHx:O film, the YHx:O/WO3 composite films had a high color change rate and high solar transmittance (Delta T-sol = 50.46%). We speculate that the mobile H in the YHx:O layer diffuses to the WO3 layer after illumination, converting WO3 to a tungsten bronze structure, increasing the IR absorption of the composite films. The diffusion of H in the YHx:O and WO3 layers was reversible and had good switching repeatability, and FTIR spectroscopy confirmed that H moved reversibly in films and played an important role in the photochromic process.
WOS研究方向	Energy & Fuels ; Materials Science ; Physics
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.sic.ac.cn/handle/331005/26833]
专题	中国科学院上海硅酸盐研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Qixuan,Xie, Lingling,Zhu, Ying,et al. Photo-thermochromic properties of oxygen-containing yttrium hydride and tungsten oxide composite films[J]. SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS,2019,200.
APA	Zhang, Qixuan.,Xie, Lingling.,Zhu, Ying.,Tao, Ying.,Li, Rong.,...&Jin, Ping.(2019).Photo-thermochromic properties of oxygen-containing yttrium hydride and tungsten oxide composite films.SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS,200.
MLA	Zhang, Qixuan,et al."Photo-thermochromic properties of oxygen-containing yttrium hydride and tungsten oxide composite films".SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS 200(2019).