Adaptive Thermochromic Windows from Active Plasmonic Elastomers

Author(s)
Ke, Y
Yin, Y
Zhang, Q
Tan, Y
Hu, P
Wang, S
Tang, Y
Zhou, Y
Wen, X
Wu, S
White, TJ
Yin, J
Peng, J
Xiong, Q
Zhao, D
Long, Y
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2019
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Abstract
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Thermochromic windows can smartly modulate the indoor solar irradiation, leading to energy saving for architectural heating and cooling systems. Herein, we integrate the active plasmonic VO 2 nanoparticles in kirigami-inspired reconfigurable elastomers to achieve adaptive, broadband, and highly efficient solar modulation. The smart window promises a UV-visible-NIR traverse state in cold days and a UV-visible-NIR blocked state in hot days to reduce the architectural heating and cooling energy consumption.
Journal Title
Joule
Volume
3
Issue
3
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Sustainable architecture
Nanomaterials
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