Thermochromic energy efficient windows: Fundamentals, recent advances, and perspectives

Z Zhang, L Zhang, Y Zhou, Y Cui, Z Chen, Y Liu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thermochromic energy efficient windows represent an important protocol technology for
advanced architectural windows with energy-saving capabilities through the intelligent …

Smart windows: electro‐, thermo‐, mechano‐, photochromics, and beyond

Y Ke, J Chen, G Lin, S Wang, Y Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A smart window that dynamically modulates light transmittance is crucial for building energy
efficiently, and promising for on‐demand optical devices. The rapid development of …

Localized surface plasmon resonance in semiconductor nanocrystals

A Agrawal, SH Cho, O Zandi, S Ghosh… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) that
results in resonant absorption, scattering, and near field enhancement around the NC can …

Emerging thermal‐responsive materials and integrated techniques targeting the energy‐efficient smart window application

Y Ke, C Zhou, Y Zhou, S Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Architectural windows that smartly regulate indoor solar radiation by changing their optical
transmittance in response to thermostimuli are developed as a promising solution toward …

Unconventional smart windows: Materials, structures and designs

Y Zhou, F Fan, Y Liu, S Zhao, Q Xu, S Wang, D Luo… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
As populations grow, energy demands gradually increase, so more efficient energy use is
essential. Building energy consumption comprises more than 40% of global energy …

VO2 metasurface smart thermal emitter with high visual transparency for passive radiative cooling regulation in space and terrestrial applications

K Sun, W **ao, C Wheeler, M Simeoni, A Urbani… - …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Smart radiative cooling devices based on thermochromic materials such as vanadium
dioxide (VO2) are of practical interest for temperature regulation and artificial homeostasis …

Recent progress in vanadium dioxide: The multi-stimuli responsive material and its applications

S Bhupathi, S Wang, Y Ke, Y Long - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2023 - Elsevier
The reversible phase transition in vanadium dioxide (VO 2) with light, heat, electric,
magnetic, and mechanical stimuli is the enabling concept to function as a smart material. It is …

Hydrothermal Synthesis of VO2 Polymorphs: Advantages, Challenges and Prospects for the Application of Energy Efficient Smart Windows

M Li, S Magdassi, Y Gao, Y Long - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a widely studied inorganic phase change material, which has a
reversible phase transition from semiconducting monoclinic to metallic rutile phase at a …

Tunable photovoltaics: adapting solar cell technologies to versatile applications

H Meddeb, M Götz‐Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy
demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV …

A self-adaptive film for passive radiative cooling and solar heating regulation

X Mei, T Wang, M Chen, L Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although passive radiative cooling has received great attention recently because it can
minimize the absorption of thermal energy and emit its own thermal energy into cold outer …