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US 10,481,457 · App. 16/307,833 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Electrochromic device and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Yong Chan Kim (Daejeon, KR); Ki-Hwan Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
G02F1/155C01G39/00C01G41/02G02F1/1524C01P2006/40E06B9/24E06B2009/2464G02F2001/164
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Patent No.
US 10,481,457
App. No.
16/307,833
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrochromic device, the electrochromic device including a substrate; a first electrode provided on the substrate; an ion storage layer provided on the first electrode; a polymer electrolyte layer provided on the ion storage layer; an electrochromic layer provided on the polymer electrolyte layer; and a second electrode provided on the electrochromic layer, wherein the ion storage layer includes Mo a Ti b O x N y , and a, b, x and y are the same as or different from each other and each independently is a real number of greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 60. Also included is a method for manufacturing an electrochromic device.

Claims (60)

1. An electrochromic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode provided on the substrate;

an ion storage layer provided on the first electrode;

a polymer electrolyte layer provided on the ion storage layer;

an electrochromic layer provided on the polymer electrolyte layer; and

a second electrode provided on the electrochromic layer,

wherein the ion storage layer includes Mo a Ti b O x N y , wherein a, b, x and y are the same as or different from each other and each independently is a real number of greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 60.

2. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , wherein the ion storage layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm.

3. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , wherein the ion storage layer has a refractive index of 1.8 to 2.9 at a 550 nm wavelength.

4. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , wherein a and b satisfy the following Equation (1) and x and y satisfy the following Equation (2):

0.5

<

a

b

<

1.5

(

1

)

0.1

<

x

y

<

5.

(

2

)

5. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , wherein the electrochromic layer includes an oxide including tungsten (W).

6. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , wherein the electrochromic layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 1 μm.

7. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , further comprising a film on the second electrode.

8. A method for manufacturing an electrochromic device comprising:

forming a first electrode on a substrate;

forming an ion storage layer on the first electrode;

forming an electrochromic layer on a second electrode; and

forming a polymer electrolyte layer between the ion storage layer and the electrochromic layer,

wherein the ion storage layer includes Mo a Ti b O x N y , wherein a, b, x and y are the same as or different from each other and each independently is a real number of greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 60.

9. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic device of claim 8 , wherein the forming of an ion storage layer and the forming of an electrochromic layer are conducted using a vacuum deposition method or direct current sputtering (DC sputtering).

10. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic device of claim 8 , wherein a and b satisfy the following Equation (1) and x and y satisfy the following Equation (2):

0.5

<

a

b

<

1.5

(

1

)

0.1

<

x

y

<

5.

(

2

)

11. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic device of claim 8 , wherein the electrochromic layer includes an oxide including tungsten (W).

12. The electrochromic device of claim 1 , wherein the ion storage layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 240 nm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2018
From: KIM, YONG CHAN; KIM, KI-HWAN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0086251 · Jul 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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