Optics and materials research for controlled radiant energy transfer in buildings

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5914667· OSTI ID:5914667

Goldner, R D; Haas, T E

Activities to develop thin film variable reflectivity electrochromic windows have focused in five areas in 1991: (1) evaluating the irreversible incorporation of lithium in the counterelectrode material, sputtered indium oxide; (2) responding to evidence that protons substitute for mobile lithium ions in standard'' five-layer electrochromic window structures operating in room air; (3) understanding the electronic and ionic conduction mechanisms in sputtered amorphous lithium niobate, the ion conductor adopted for electrochromic window structures fabricated at Tufts; (4) responding to the discovery that cathodic coloring of the variable reflecting tungsten bronze (Li{sub x}WO{sub 3}) is constrained by interaction with the underlying ITO or SnO{sub 2} transparent conductor in conventional electrochromic window structures; and (5) life testing of electrochromic window prototypes.

• Research Organization: Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States). Electro-Optics Technology Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-85SF15927
• OSTI ID: 5914667
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/15927-T7; ON: DE92007209
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BUILDINGS
RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
WINDOWS
DESIGN
ELECTROCHROMISM
ELECTROLYTES
LITHIUM
NIOBATES
PROGRESS REPORT
ALKALI METALS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRO-OPTICAL EFFECTS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER
METALS
NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS
OPENINGS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
320107* - Energy Conservation
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