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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Yasusei Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuki Yoshimura, Nagoya, JP;
Shanhu Bao, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuki Tajima, Nagoya, JP;
Michiru Sakamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Hidetoshi Ueno, Tosu, JP;
Yasusei Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuki Yoshimura, Nagoya, JP;
Shanhu Bao, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuki Tajima, Nagoya, JP;
Michiru Sakamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Hidetoshi Ueno, Tosu, JP;
Abstract
A switchable mirror element includes a switchable layer having a chromic property enabling the switchable layer to be reversibly changed from a transparent state by hydrogenation and a mirror state by dehydrogenation, and a catalytic layer disposed on the switchable layer and configured to promote hydrogenation or dehydrogenation in the switchable layer. The switchable layer includes an alloy of one or more metals from calcium, strontium, and barium, and magnesium.