Infrared Switching of Self-Heating VO₂/ITO Films for Smart Window

Abstract:

The unique metal to insulator transition (MIT) of vanadium dioxide (VO₂) makes it receiving extensive attention in the application of smart window. As for VO₂-based smart window, the critical transition temperature (T_c) is required to be reduced to near room temperature for practical applications. In this paper, we fabricated VO₂ films on ITO glass by hydrothermal method and applied voltage to ITO, therefore, the joule heat generated by ITO triggered the complete MIT of VO₂ at room temperature in very short time ~3 s with applied voltage of 12 V. The VO₂ film on ITO substrate shows obviously widened hysteresis behavior in the reversible transition process with a thermal hysteresis width of ~33 °C. The widened hysteresis loop makes it possible to stabilize the rutile phase (R) of VO₂ at room temperature via applying a low holding voltage of 6 V. The proposed VO₂/ITO film exhibits promising application in active smart window, and possesses advantages of simple structure, easy-fabricated and low-cost.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1034)
• Pages: 123-131
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1034.123
• Online since: June 2021
• Authors: Yi Liu*, Zheng Jing Zhao, Dong Lai Li, Jing Bo Li, Yong Jie Zhao, Hai Bo Jin
• Keywords: Hysteresis Behavior, Self-Heating, Smart Windows, Vanadium Oxide

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