Electrochromic Performance of Sputtered NbTi-Based Mixed Metal Oxide Thin Films with a Metallic Seed Layer.

ABSTRACT: An attempt has been made to promote the efficiency of the electrochromic (EC) windows to perform at a faster switching rate with good coloration and easy recyclability. In this work, ion-assisted pulsed DC unbalanced confocal magnetron sputtering is used to fabricate mixed metal oxide thin films of Nb and Ti (which are termed as NTO) for EC applications. Further, to increase the EC efficiency of this film, a very thin metallic seed layer is incorporated between the substrate and the film using the layer-by-layer (LBL) coating strategy. The film was prepared by two steps: (i) very thin metallic seed layer coating and (ii) mixed metal oxide NTO layer coating. The metal layer was made of a Nb metal, Ti metal, and NbTi mixed metal, which was coated with the substrate and NTO layer, resulting i

SUBMITTER: Balamurugan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9835081 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature