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Evaluation of V2O5 Film-Based Electrochromic Device with Dry-Deposited Ion Storage Layer

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Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) film was used to fabricate an electrochromic device counterbalanced with a dry-deposited ion storage layer (ISL). For the ISL, a mixture of antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO) and Prussian blue (PB) powders (PB-ATO; 1:4 vol%) was dry deposited to form PB-ATO ISL as the counter electrode of the device, thereby improving electrochromic device characteristics. Dry deposition provided a film with a rough surface, which resulted in improved electrochromic properties because of the large surface area of the ISL, which provided more paths for electron movement. The ISL was deposited using a dry deposition system (i.e., the nanoparticle deposition system [NPDS]) to maximize the surface area of the film. The polyol method was used to fabricate V2O5 film with high crystallinity for better electrochromic properties. The fabricated V2O5-based electrochromic device (ECD) was evaluated by electrochemical analysis. Compared with the ECD without PB-ATO ISL, the difference in reflectance exceeded 50% for the ECD with PB-ATO ISL. Moreover, the ECD without ISL had a diffusion coefficient of 1.88 × 10−10 S2/s, while the ECD with PB-ATO ISL had an order of magnitude higher diffusion coefficient of 2.47 × 10−9 cm2/s. Therefore, the performance of the ECD was improved using dry-deposited ISL composed of PB-ATO. The coloration of the device was dramatically improved using PB-ATO ISL, compared with the device with ATO alone or without any ISL.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT) (2022R1F1A1071156) and by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology(KIAT) grant funded by the Korea Government(MOTIE) (P0008425, The Competency Development Program for Industry Specialist).

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Dongwon Shin has done experiments and written the manuscript. Jiseon Kim has done experiments and discussed about the result data. Caroline Sunyong Lee has supervised the study related to the manuscript, proofread the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Shin, D., Kim, J. & Lee, C.S. Evaluation of V2O5 Film-Based Electrochromic Device with Dry-Deposited Ion Storage Layer. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 24, 119–128 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-022-00731-1

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