Linear topology in amorphous metal oxide electrochromic networks obtained via low-temperature solution processing

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1267-1273

  Llordés, Anna ^a,b   Wang, Yang ^c   Fernandez Martinez, Alejandro ^d,e   Xiao, Penghao ^f   Lee, Tom ^a,g   Poulain, Agnieszka ^h   Zandi, Omid ^c   Saez Cabezas, Camila A ^c   Henkelman, Graeme ^f   Milliron, Delia J ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; ITO GLASS; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE FILMS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHROMIC PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBLE ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHAINS; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE;

NIOBIUM OXIDE;

EID: 84983484164     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4734     Document Type: Article

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