Application of nanostructures in electrochromic materials and devices: Recent progress

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5029-5053

  Wang, Jinmin ^a   Sun, Xiao Wei ^a,b   Jiao, Zhihui ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystalline; Electrochromic; Mesoporous; Nanostructures; Prussian blue; TiO2; WO3; ZnO nanowire

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHROMICS; MESOPOROUS; PRUSSIAN BLUE; TIO; WO3; ZNO NANOWIRES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84864221762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3125029     Document Type: Review

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