Printed Multicolor High-Contrast Electrochromic Devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25069-25076

  Chen, Bo Han ^a   Kao, Sheng Yuan ^a   Hu, Chih Wei ^b   Higuchi, Masayoshi ^c   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a   Liao, Ying Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

electrochromic devices; flexible electronics; inkjet printing; metallo supramolecular; multicolor patterning

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHROMISM; ELECTROLYTES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; INK JET PRINTING; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

COLORATION EFFICIENCIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; METALLO-SUPRAMOLECULAR; MULTICOLOR PATTERNING; THIN FILM PATTERNS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENT THIN FILM;

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES;

EID: 84947798100     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08061     Document Type: Article

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