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Lead-free thermochromic perovskites with tunable transition temperatures for smart window applications

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The structural flexibility of hybrid perovskite materials allows for phase transition and consequently thermochromic properties. Here we investigate the thermochromic performance in a series of copper-based layered perovskites with organic cations having different alky chain lengths. Their transition temperature is found to be dependent on the organic cations due to molecular motion and hydrogen bond interaction, providing possibilities to prepare thermochromic semiconductors near room temperature for smart window applications.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2017YFA0204502) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21873105). The authors appreciate the 1W1B and 1W2A stations in Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100190, China

    Jingwen Li, Xiaolong Liu, Chuang Zhang & Yong Sheng Zhao

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Jingwen Li, Xiaolong Liu, Chuang Zhang & Yong Sheng Zhao

  3. Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210000, China

    Peixin Cui

  4. Department of Physics, School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China

    Junmeng Li, Tao Ye & Xi Wang

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Li, J., Liu, X., Cui, P. et al. Lead-free thermochromic perovskites with tunable transition temperatures for smart window applications. Sci. China Chem. 62, 1257–1262 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-019-9487-0

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