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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Ambilight Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xuefei Li, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Jianguo Mei, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Assignee:

AMBILIGHT INC., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1524 (2019.01); C01G 31/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/155 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); G02F 1/1514 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1524 (2019.01); C01G 31/02 (2013.01); G02F 1/155 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/14 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1555 (2013.01); G02F 2001/15145 (2019.01); G02F 2001/1635 (2013.01); G02F 2202/022 (2013.01); G02F 2202/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrochromic device includes a charge balancing thin film comprised of a new vanadium oxide with a formula of VO, which provides a high charge density, low coloration efficiency, an electroactive voltage in close proximity to those of some electrochromic materials, and high chemical and electrochromic stability. Vanadium oxide can be without doping or doped with others. The VOcharge balancing thin film has a porous nanostructure and is amorphous or a combination of amorphous and polycrystalline, and can work with electrochromic conjugated polymer in the device in a minimally color changing mode. A method to design a material for a charge balancing thin film to pair with a working electrode and obtain a low device voltage in an electrochromic device is disclosed. Methods to prepare related charge balancing thin films are also disclosed.


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