VO2/TiN Plasmonic Thermochromic Smart Coatings for Room-temperature Applications

Qi Hao, Wan Li, Huiyan Xu, Jiawei Wang, Yin Yin, Huaiyu Wang, Libo Ma, Fei Ma, Xuchuan Jiang, Oliver G. Schmidt, Paul K. Chu

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Abstract

Vanadium dioxide/titanium nitride (VO2/TiN) smart coatings are prepared by hybridizing thermochromic VO2 with plasmonic TiN nanoparticles. The VO2/TiN coatings can control infrared (IR) radiation dynamically in accordance with the ambient temperature and illumination intensity. It blocks IR light under strong illumination at 28 °C but is IR transparent under weak irradiation conditions or at a low temperature of 20 °C. The VO2/TiN coatings exhibit a good integral visible transmittance of up to 51% and excellent IR switching efficiency of 48% at 2000 nm. These unique advantages make VO2/TiN promising as smart energy-saving windows.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1705421
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume30
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • plasmonics
  • smart coatings
  • thermochromic
  • titanium nitride
  • vanadium dioxide

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