VO 2 thermochromic smart window for energy savings and generation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Jiadong ^a,b   Gao, Yanfeng ^a,b   Zhang, Zongtao ^c   Luo, Hongjie ^a,b   Cao, Chuanxiang ^b   Chen, Zhang ^b   Dai, Lei ^b   Liu, Xinling ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84886457870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03029     Document Type: Article

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