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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (US);
Inventor:
Tao Xu, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Northers Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/155 (2006.01); G02F 1/153 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/15 (2019.01); G02F 1/1523 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/155 (2013.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); G02F 1/15 (2013.01); G02F 1/153 (2013.01); G02F 1/1521 (2013.01); G02F 1/1533 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); G02F 1/1523 (2013.01); G02F 1/1525 (2013.01); G02F 2001/134318 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1512 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1515 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1519 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1555 (2013.01); G02F 2201/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrochromic device comprises (i) a conductive layer, (ii) an electrochromic material, on the conductive layer, (iii) an electrolyte, on the electrochromic material, and (iv) a counter-electrode, on the electrolyte. The conductive layer has a surface roughness factor (SRF) of at least 10, and the conductive layer comprises a semi-metal.