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Oxygen-deficient tungsten oxide nanoflowers for dynamically tunable near-infrared light transmittance of smart windows

Ya Huang§, Baoshun Wang§, Pei Lyu, Siming Zhao, Xueke Wu, Shiliang Zhang, Run Li, Qinyuan Jiang, Fei Wang, Yanlong Zhao, Rufan Zhang( )
Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

§ Ya Huang and Baoshun Wang contributed equally to this work.

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A simple and efficient method was proposed to synthesize WO3−x nanoflowers. The WO3−x nanoflowers achieved a quite low transmittance in the near infrared ray (NIR) region due to the oxygen-deficient, exhibited excellent dual-band electrochromic performance and good cycling stability, and demonstrated the potential application value in the field of smart windows.

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Electrochromic smart windows have attracted much attention in energy-saving buildings because of their ability to selectively modulate visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR) light transmittance. As is known, the NIR region accounts for about 50% of the total solar radiation. Therefore, reducing the NIR transmittance of windows will play a crucial role in reducing the energy consumption of buildings. However, for most of the reported electrochromic materials (ECMs)-based windows, it remains a long-lasting challenge about how to achieve a low NIR transmittance during the past decades. In this work, we synthesize oxygen-deficient tungsten oxide (WO3−x) nanoflowers (NFs) by a simple and efficient method that is facile for their mass production. The WO3−x NFs exhibit low NIR transmittance of only 4.11%, 0.60%, and 0.19% at 1200, 1600, and 1800 nm, respectively, due to the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect. Besides, the WO3−x NFs exhibit an excellent dual-band modulating ability for both VIS and NIR light. They are able to operate in three distinct modes, including a bright mode, a cool mode, and a dark mode. Moreover, the WO3−x NFs exhibit a fast bleaching/coloring time (1.54/6.67 s), and excellent cycling stability (97.75% of capacity retention after 4000 s).

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electrochromictungsten oxidedual-bandsmart windowinfrared

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 10,
October 2023
Pages 12165-12172
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5600-7
Cite this article:
Huang Y, Wang B, Lyu P, et al. Oxygen-deficient tungsten oxide nanoflowers for dynamically tunable near-infrared light transmittance of smart windows. Nano Research, 2023, 16(10): 12165-12172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5600-7
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Received: 16 January 2023
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