Intelligent Thermochromic Windows.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Parkin, Ivan P.; Manning, Troy D.
- Source
- Journal of Chemical Education; March 2006, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p393-400, 8p
- Subject
- Thermochromism
Vanadium compounds
Thin films
Vanadium oxide
Vapor-plating
Chemical vapor deposition
Physical vapor deposition
Solid state electronics
Transition metals
Colloids
Semiconductor industry
Physical & theoretical chemistry
- Language
- ISSN
- 00219584
The formation of vanadium dioxide thin films on glass for use as an intelligent window is discussed. An intelligent window is a window that can change one or more of its properties in response to some external stimulus; for example, vanadium dioxide–coated glass changes its optical properties with temperature, becoming more reflective at infrared wavelengths at elevated temperature. Aspects of inorganic synthesis are discussed, as are the most widely used methods for forming thin films of material. The underlying physical chemistry associated with a metal-to-semiconductor phase transition is explored.