Issue 44, 2013

High switching speed and coloration efficiency of titanium-doped vanadium oxide thin film electrochromic devices

Abstract

Titanium (Ti)-doped vanadium oxide thin films were fabricated by electrochemical deposition on linear polyethylenimine (LPEI)-modified indium tin oxide-coated glass from mixed vanadium oxide and titanium oxide solutions with different Ti concentrations. The as-prepared films were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrochemical behaviour of the films was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV) in 1.0 M LiClO4/propylene carbonate solution. Electrochromism of the oxide films upon Li-ion intercalation/deintercalation was investigated by transmittance measurements during the CV process. The charge transfer resistance of the Ti-doped vanadium oxide film was systematically analyzed with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The amorphous Ti-doped vanadium oxide film containing 4 mol% Ti exhibited the highest transmittance contrast (Δ%T = TmaxTmin) of ca. 51.1%T, and coloration efficiency of 95.7 cm2 C−1 at 415 nm. By increasing the Ti content to 10 mol%, the Ti-doped vanadium oxide film exhibited high switching speed and good cycling reversibility reaching 80% of colouring and bleaching time of 5 and 6 s, respectively. Furthermore, the transmittance contrast drops by only 10% after 600 cycles in a two-electrode system.

Graphical abstract: High switching speed and coloration efficiency of titanium-doped vanadium oxide thin film electrochromic devices

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Aug 2013
Accepted
17 Sep 2013
First published
17 Sep 2013

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013,1, 7380-7386

High switching speed and coloration efficiency of titanium-doped vanadium oxide thin film electrochromic devices

Y. Lu, L. Liu, D. Mandler and P. S. Lee, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 7380 DOI: 10.1039/C3TC31508H

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