Reusing the Wasted Energy of Electrochromic Smart Window for Near-Zero Energy Building.

ABSTRACT: Electrochromic smart windows (ESWs) are an effective energy-saving technology for near-zero energy buildings. They consume electric energy unidirectionally during a round-trip coloring-bleaching process, with the energy involved in the bleaching process being wasted. It is highly desirable to reuse this wasted electric energy directly and/or transfer it into other energy storage equipment, further enhancing the overall efficiency of electric energy usage. Herein, a zinc anode-based ESW (ESW-PZ) is reported that not only has fascinating visible-near-infrared (VIS-NIR) dual-band electrochromic performance (a high optical contrast of 63%) but also showcases good energy storage characteristics (a wide voltage window of 2.6 V and a high energy density of 127.5 µWh cm^-2). The building

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11558134 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature