Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Tadatoshi Kamimori

Mamoru Mizuhashi

Junichi Nagai

Seiichi Miyasaka

Hisashi Nishiyama

Akihiko Yoshihara

A method for fabrication of an electrochromic device having perfect tight closure of the cell, wherein two or more banks constituting an external frame for the substrates are formed with use of a sealing material at the peripheral positions on the surface of the first or second substrate where the electrode has been formed; then a gel-like electrolytic solution is placed on the surface of the first substrate; thereafter the second substrate is disposed with the surface side thereof where the electrode has been formed being opposed to the surface side of the first substrate where the electrode has been formed; and finally both first and second substrates are laid one on the other to be contact-bonded, and wherein the two or more banks are composed of one or more cured inner bank and an uncured outer bank; when the uncured outer bank is in the two-stage structure having a height taller than that of the inner bank, and is of such two-stage structure composed of a cured bank having a height shorter than that of the inner bank and an uncured bank laminated on the cured bank, such inner bank is provided one or more in number; and when the uncured outer bank is in a single stage structure, the inner bank is provided two or more in number with a space interval being provided between them, both first and second substrates being joined together by the contact-bonding.

Method for fabrication of electrochromic device and the same fabricated

An electro-optical device containing an electrochromic material layer and electrolytic solution interposed between mutually opposed base plates, each having an electrode on the surface thereof, wherein said electrolytic solution consists essentially of (a) an iodide source material as a redox reaction promoter selected from the group consisting of metal iodides and ammonium iodides, and (b) a lactone solvent capable of dissolving the redox reaction promoter, with the proviso that when the iodide ion source material is not also a metal cation source, a cation source material capable of generating H.sup.+ or Li.sup.+ is further added.

Electro-optic device

An electro-optical device comprising an electrolyte layer held between a pair of electrodes and an electrochromic material placed on at least one of said electrodes, wherein said electrolyte layer comprises an organic material and a chelating agent and an electro-optical light controlling device comprising an electrolyte layer held between a pair of transmissive electrodes and an electrochromic material placed on at least one of said electrodes; wherein said electrolyte layer comprises a non-liquid material of an adhesive or tacky high polymer and a material having coordinating function to a metal.

Electro-optical device and electro-optical light controlling device

Infra-red reflecting electrochromic light controlling panel comprising, successively in laminated structure, first transparent plate, a transparent electroconductive film, an interlayer of polymer electrolyte, first tungsten oxide film, an infra-red reflecting and electroconductive metal film, second tungsten oxide film and second transparent plate. The first tungsten oxide film is colored when it is applied to negative voltage. The panel can be used as an infra-red reflecting window which regulates the transmission of visible light and solar energy by applying electric field to the first tungsten oxide film.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tadatoshi Kamimori