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Adaptive Thermochromic Windows from Active Plasmonic Elastomers

  • Yujie Ke
  • , Yin Yin
  • , Qiuting Zhang
  • , Yutong Tan
  • , Peng Hu
  • , Shancheng Wang
  • , Yichao Tang
  • , Yang Zhou
  • , Xinglin Wen
  • , Shaofan Wu
  • , Timothy J. White
  • , Jie Yin
  • , Jinqing Peng
  • , Qihua Xiong
  • , Dongyuan Zhao
  • , Yi Long*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Nanyang Technological University
  • Temple University
  • Hunan University
  • CAS - Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
  • Fudan University
  • Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE)

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Abstract

Thermochromic windows can smartly modulate the indoor solar irradiation, leading to energy saving for architectural heating and cooling systems. Herein, we integrate the active plasmonic VO 2 nanoparticles in kirigami-inspired reconfigurable elastomers to achieve adaptive, broadband, and highly efficient solar modulation. The smart window promises a UV-visible-NIR traverse state in cold days and a UV-visible-NIR blocked state in hot days to reduce the architectural heating and cooling energy consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)858-871
Number of pages14
JournalJoule
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • VO2
  • active LSPR
  • adaptive optical modulation
  • building energy
  • energy conservation
  • kirigami
  • reconfigurable structure
  • smart windows
  • solar energy modulation
  • thermochromism

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