W-VO2/Cs0.32WO3Composite Flexible Films: Promoted Metal-Insulator Transition and Enhanced Near-Infrared Shielding

  • Shanshan Deng
  • , Qingfeng Chang
  • , Donglai Li
  • , Boyu Wang
  • , Haibo Jin
  • , Jingbo Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

VO2is a promising candidate for smart energy-saving windows because of its unique thermochromism but suffers from a high transition temperature of 68 °C and poor thermochromic performance near room temperature. We fabricated a W-VO2/Cs0.32WO3(CWO) composite flexible film, which shows a low transition temperature of 31.1 °C (W-VO2/CWO = 1:1) and much enhanced near-infrared shielding performance. The optimal W-VO2+ 0.5CWO reaches a desired near-infrared shielding efficiency of 76.34%. A model-house test under simulated solar irradiation further signifies the excellence of the W-VO2+ 0.5CWO composite flexible film under ambient conditions. The robust performance is attributed to the synergetic effects between W-VO2and Cs0.32WO3, among which the former possesses a low MIT transition temperature and the latter possesses photo-thermal performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3064-3071
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Mar 2022

Keywords

  • CsWO
  • VO-based composite film
  • energy-saving windows
  • near-infrared shielding
  • thermochromism

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