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 …

Thermochromic VO2 for energy-efficient smart windows

Y Cui, Y Ke, C Liu, Z Chen, N Wang, L Zhang, Y Zhou… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Rapid development of the thermochromic glazing technique promises next-generation
architectural windows with energy-saving characteristics by intelligently regulating indoor …

All-weather thermochromic windows for synchronous solar and thermal radiation regulation

C Lin, J Hur, CYH Chao, G Liu, S Yao, W Li… - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Adaptive control of solar and thermal radiation through windows is of pivotal importance for
building energy saving. However, such synchronous passive regulations are challenging to …

Recent progresses on physics and applications of vanadium dioxide

K Liu, S Lee, S Yang, O Delaire, J Wu - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
As a strongly correlated electron material, vanadium dioxide (VO 2) has been a focus of
research since its discovery in 1959, owing to its well-known metal–insulator transition …

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 …

Nanoceramic VO2 thermochromic smart glass: A review on progress in solution processing

Y Gao, H Luo, Z Zhang, L Kang, Z Chen, J Du… - Nano Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Progress in the development of energy-efficient coatings on glass has led to the study of
smart glass with special functional coatings that can regulate solar energy in response to an …

Performance, materials and coating technologies of thermochromic thin films on smart windows

M Kamalisarvestani, R Saidur, S Mekhilef… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
A significant amount of energy is consumed to maintain thermal comfort in buildings, a huge
portion of which is lost through windows. Smart coating, thin films with spectrally selective …

Advances in thermochromic vanadium dioxide films

MEA Warwick, R Binions - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Vanadium dioxide is a thermochromic material that undergoes a semiconductor to metal
transitions at a critical temperature of 68° C. This phase change from a low temperature …

Recent progress in VO2 smart coatings: Strategies to improve the thermochromic properties

S Wang, M Liu, L Kong, Y Long, X Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Vanadium dioxide (VO 2) has attracted a great interest for smart coating applications
because of its promising thermochromic properties. Thermochromic performance of VO 2 is …

High-transmittance pNIPAm gel smart windows with lower response temperature and stronger solar regulation

Y Ding, Y Duan, F Yang, Y Xiong, S Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving the solar regulation and reducing the response temperature of thermochromic
smart windows are pivotal importance for energy-saving buildings. However, such two …