Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells , 2007, 91 (19), 1825-1830.

Solid hybrid polyelectrolyte with high performance in electrochromic devices: Electrochemical stability and optical study

Souza, Flavio L. | Aegerter, Michel A. | Leite, Edson R.

This paper presents a high-stability, single-phase hybrid polyelectrolyte (SPHP) applied in a large EC device (5×10 cm

2

) using WO

3

(electrochromic) and CeO

2

-TiO

2

(counter-electrode-ion storage) electrodes, both produced by Leibniz-Institut of New Materials (Leibniz-INM, Germany). The electrochromic device exhibited excellent color and bleach reversibility, high coloration efficiency (35 cm

2

/C) from the first cycle up to more than 60,000 CA cycles, and a maximum constant rate of deintercalation/intercalation (O

out

/Q

in

=1). Its remarkable behavior and high stability render this material an excellent candidate for application in electrochromic devices.