Tungsten oxide coatings

The preparation and characterization of vanadium oxide (V2O5) modified tungsten oxide (WO3) films by pulse laser deposition were recently examined [61]. Tungsten oxide coatings are used in many electro-optical applications including catalysts, solar cell windows, electrochromic and gasochromic devices, optical memory and... 

Iron, nickel, cobalt, tungsten and chromium do not behave reproducibly due to crystal strain or oxide coatings. Metal electrodes which respond directly to solutions of their own ions are called Class I or first order. ... 

A general schematic for a smart window is shown in Figure 13.10. This device is, quite literally, two chemically modified electrodes sandwiched together. In this case, the films coating the electrode surfaces are electrochromic materials. A polymer electrolyte, analogous to that used in the fuel cell discussed earlier, is sandwiched between these two electrochromic material-coated electrodes. In a recent example of this concept by Habib and Maheswari of General Motors Research Laboratories [94], the cathodic electrochromic material was a tungsten oxide and the cathodic electrochromic material was the material Prussian blue, discussed in Section II of this chapter. It seems likely that electrochromic cells will soon find their way into the commercial marketplace. 

Oyama and Tatsuma measured the resonant frequency and resonant resistance of quartz crystal resonators coated with several redox active polymers [58-60], DNA [61] and tungsten oxide [62]. 

Yamada-Takamura, Y. et al.. Hydrogen permeation barrier performance characterization of vapor deposited amorphous aluminum oxide films using coloration of tungsten oxide. Surface and Coatings Technology, 153, 114 (2002). 

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