Thermochromic energy efficient windows: Fundamentals, recent advances, and perspectives

Z Zhang, L Zhang, Y Zhou, Y Cui, Z Chen, Y Liu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thermochromic energy efficient windows represent an important protocol technology for
advanced architectural windows with energy-saving capabilities through the intelligent …

Smart windows: electro‐, thermo‐, mechano‐, photochromics, and beyond

Y Ke, J Chen, G Lin, S Wang, Y Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A smart window that dynamically modulates light transmittance is crucial for building energy
efficiently, and promising for on‐demand optical devices. The rapid development of …

Emerging thermal‐responsive materials and integrated techniques targeting the energy‐efficient smart window application

Y Ke, C Zhou, Y Zhou, S Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Architectural windows that smartly regulate indoor solar radiation by changing their optical
transmittance in response to thermostimuli are developed as a promising solution toward …

Advanced liquid crystal-based switchable optical devices for light protection applications: principles and strategies

R Zhang, Z Zhang, J Han, L Yang, J Li, Z Song… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
With the development of optical technologies, transparent materials that provide protection
from light have received considerable attention from scholars. As important channels for …

A novel bidirectional fast self-responsive PVA-PNIPAM/LimCsnWO3 composite hydrogel for smart window applications

H Zhang, J Liu, F Shi, T Li, H Zhang, D Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The photo-thermochromic materials with self-regulation of solar light transmittance have
attracted a increasing attention because of its potential in smart windows and energy-saving …

Energy-saving smart windows with HPC/PAA hybrid hydrogels as thermochromic materials

L Zhang, H Xia, F Xia, Y Du, Y Wu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) hydrogels exhibit thermal-responsive transparency change
due to their temperature-sensitive miscible–immiscible transitions, making them promising …

ITO-free large area PDLC smart windows: a cost-effective fabrication using spray coated SnO 2 on an invisible Al mesh

I Mondal, S Kiruthika, MK Ganesha, M Baral… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Existing liquid crystal (LC) smart window technologies are yet to make inroads into the
consumer market largely due to more than 50% of the cost-share of the tin-doped indium …

Sunlight‐Driven Photo‐Thermochromic Smart Windows

D Cao, C Xu, W Lu, C Qin, S Cheng - Solar Rrl, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Smart windows have been paid much attention in recent years since they can save more
energy in comparison with ordinary counterparts. However, exterior heating or electric …

A review of microencapsulated thermochromic coatings for sustainable building applications

PS Aklujkar, B Kandasubramanian - Journal of Coatings Technology and …, 2021 - Springer
The review covers microencapsulation methods for encapsulating thermochromic leuco
dyes, and the incorporation of these microencapsulated thermochromic dyes in smart …

HPC-PAA hydrogel smart windows with and without Cs0. 32WO3: High solar modulation ability and luminous transmittance

L Zhang, Y Du, H Xia, G Yang, Y Gao - Ceramics International, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) hydrogel is a promising material for fabricating energy
saving smart windows. However, its lower critical solution temperature (LCST= 42° C) is …