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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1997
Yoshinori Nishikitani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takaya Kubo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Kuroda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nippon Oil Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A counterelectrode for a smart window contains a transparent substrate and a linear electrically conductive material formed on a surface of the transparent substrate. The electrically conductive material has a surface area of not less than 10 m.sup.2 /g and electrical conductivity of not less than 10.sup.-6 .OMEGA..sup.-1 .multidot.cm.sup.-1 at 25.degree. C. A smart window contains an electrochromic electrode having a layer of an electrochromic material formed on its surface, and a layer of an electrolyte arranged between the counterelectrode and the electrochromic electrode and in contact with the layer of the electrochromic material.