Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window

As cost-efficient and large-scalable fabrication, solution processing has been developed to prepare vanadium dioxide (VO2) films for thermochromic smart windows that can modulate infrared radiation in response to changes in ambient temperature while maintaining visible transmittance. Herein, we repo...

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Main Authors: Kwang-Seok Kim, Eun-Won Son, Ji Won Youn, Dae Up Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Materials & Design
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026412751930276X
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description As cost-efficient and large-scalable fabrication, solution processing has been developed to prepare vanadium dioxide (VO2) films for thermochromic smart windows that can modulate infrared radiation in response to changes in ambient temperature while maintaining visible transmittance. Herein, we report for fabrication of VO2 films from ball-milled VO2 nanoparticle ink using intense pulsed light (IPL) sintering. The VO2 films on quartz substrates were prepared by spin coating. The prepared films were sintered by IPL in air with various voltages from 1400 to 2000 V with the fixed conditions of 4 ms, 400 pulses and 1 Hz. IPL sintering of VO2 nanoparticle ink led to granular films which were sintered at higher voltages since IPL irradiation was able to evaporate solvent including polymers in the ink, and sinter VO2 nanoparticles. The VO2 films IPL sintered at 2000 V exhibit luminous transmittance of over 46.3% and solar transmittance modulation of 11.2%. These results reveal that IPL sintering is substantial progress in terms of long-time and high-temperature post annealing for fabrication of solution-based thermochromic films. Keywords: Intense pulsed light sintering, Vanadium dioxide, Nanoink, Thermochromism, Smart window, Solution process
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spelling doaj.art-be0497876e2f476dac06b7afed426c492022-12-22T03:21:12ZengElsevierMaterials & Design0264-12752019-08-01176Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart windowKwang-Seok Kim0Eun-Won Son1Ji Won Youn2Dae Up Kim3Corresponding authors.; Carbon & Light Materials Application Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 222 Palbok-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54853, Republic of KoreaCarbon & Light Materials Application Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 222 Palbok-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54853, Republic of KoreaCarbon & Light Materials Application Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 222 Palbok-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54853, Republic of KoreaCorresponding authors.; Carbon & Light Materials Application Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 222 Palbok-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54853, Republic of KoreaAs cost-efficient and large-scalable fabrication, solution processing has been developed to prepare vanadium dioxide (VO2) films for thermochromic smart windows that can modulate infrared radiation in response to changes in ambient temperature while maintaining visible transmittance. Herein, we report for fabrication of VO2 films from ball-milled VO2 nanoparticle ink using intense pulsed light (IPL) sintering. The VO2 films on quartz substrates were prepared by spin coating. The prepared films were sintered by IPL in air with various voltages from 1400 to 2000 V with the fixed conditions of 4 ms, 400 pulses and 1 Hz. IPL sintering of VO2 nanoparticle ink led to granular films which were sintered at higher voltages since IPL irradiation was able to evaporate solvent including polymers in the ink, and sinter VO2 nanoparticles. The VO2 films IPL sintered at 2000 V exhibit luminous transmittance of over 46.3% and solar transmittance modulation of 11.2%. These results reveal that IPL sintering is substantial progress in terms of long-time and high-temperature post annealing for fabrication of solution-based thermochromic films. Keywords: Intense pulsed light sintering, Vanadium dioxide, Nanoink, Thermochromism, Smart window, Solution processhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026412751930276X
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title Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window
title_full Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window
title_fullStr Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window
title_full_unstemmed Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window
title_short Intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window
title_sort intense pulsed light sintering of vanadium dioxide nanoparticle films and their optical properties for thermochromic smart window
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