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 …

Hydrothermal Synthesis of VO2 Polymorphs: Advantages, Challenges and Prospects for the Application of Energy Efficient Smart Windows

M Li, S Magdassi, Y Gao, Y Long - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a widely studied inorganic phase change material, which has a
reversible phase transition from semiconducting monoclinic to metallic rutile phase at a …

Vanadium dioxide: The multistimuli responsive material and its applications

Y Ke, S Wang, G Liu, M Li, TJ White, Y Long - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The reversible, ultrafast, and multistimuli responsive phase transition of vanadium dioxide
(VO2) makes it an intriguing “smart” material. Its crystallographic transition from the …

Plasmonic doped semiconductor nanocrystals: Properties, fabrication, applications and perspectives

I Kriegel, F Scotognella, L Manna - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Degenerately doped semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) are of recent interest to the NC
community due to their tunable localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in the near …

A universal method for large-yield and high-concentration exfoliation of two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets

N Wang, G Yang, H Wang, C Yan, R Sun, CP Wong - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is an ultra-wide bandgap insulating material, which
possesses a graphite-like layered structure, and the two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron …

Recent advances in VO 2-based thermochromic composites for smart windows

F Xu, X Cao, H Luo, P Jin - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a well-known thermochromic material since it exhibits a notable
optical variation in the near-infrared region from transmitting to reflecting upon the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of an innovative translucent–photoluminescent coating for smart windows applications: An experimental and numerical investigation

F Marchini, C Chiatti, C Fabiani, AL Pisello - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glazed envelopes play a strategic role in the environmental performance of buildings,
significantly affecting indoor comfort and energy consumption while allowing the penetration …

Controllable Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Patterned VO2 Nanoparticle, Nanodome, and Nanonet Arrays with Tunable Temperature-Dependent Localized Surface …

Y Ke, X Wen, D Zhao, R Che, Q Xiong, Y Long - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
A universal approach to develop various two-dimensional ordered nanostructures, namely
nanoparticle, nanonet and nanodome arrays with controllable periodicity, ranging from 100 …

Vanadium dioxide for energy conservation and energy storage applications: Synthesis and performance improvement

S Wang, KA Owusu, L Mai, Y Ke, Y Zhou, P Hu… - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Vanadium dioxide (VO 2) is one of the most widely studied inorganic phase change material
for energy storage and energy conservation applications. Monoclinic VO 2 [VO 2 (M)] …