Nanostructured polyethylene glycol-titanium oxide composites as solvent-free viscous electrolytes for electrochromic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2478-2484

  Mendoza, Narcizo ^a,b   Paraguay Delgado, Francisco ^b   Hechavarría, Liliana ^a   Nicho, Ma Elena ^c   Hu, Hailin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electrochromic devices; Electron microscopy (STEM, TEM); Polymer composite electrolytes; Sol Gel method; Tungsten oxide thin films

Indexed keywords

COLOR CHANGES; COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES; CROSSLINKED; IODIDE ION; LITHIUM IODIDE; LITHIUM-ION TRANSPORT; MOLAR RATIO; NANO-STRUCTURED; NEGATIVE CHARGE; OXIDE COMPOSITES; OXIDE COMPOUNDS; OXIDE PARTICLES; OXYGEN ATOM; POLYMER COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES; SOL-GEL METHODS; SOLVENT FREE; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE THIN FILMS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; ELECTROLYTES; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; GLYCOLS; IODINE; IODINE COMPOUNDS; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER FILMS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; THERMOPLASTICS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 79958110907     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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