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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1990
Andrew M Mance, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Adolph L Micheli, Mt. Clemens, MI (US);
Shyam P Maheswari, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mohammad A Habib, Troy, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for forming a tungsten oxide film on a substrate by applying an alkyl amine tungstate compound thereon and removing at least a portion of the alkyl amine tungstate compound to form a tungsten oxide film. In a preferred embodiment, a solution of alkyl amine tungstate compound is formed in a solvent to uniformly apply the alkyl amine tungstate compound; the solvent is removed by evaporation thereby forming a deposit; the deposit is heated for a time and at a temperature sufficient to at least partially pyrolyze the alkyl amine tungstate compound. The alkyl amine tungstate compound desirably may be selected from the group consisting of bis (di-n-octylammonium) tetratungstate, and di (n-octadecylammonium) tetratungstate. Preferably, bis (di-n-octylammonium) tetratungstate is used. The invention also provides tungsten oxide films which include suboxides of tungsten oxides (WO.sub.3); which have an average ratio of oxygen atoms to tungsten atoms equal to or less than 3:1; which are denser than films produced from currently known MOD precursor compounds; which have a color gradient, that is, regions of different color; and wherein the regions of color are electrochromic.
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