Defect-mitigation layers in electrochromic devices

    公开(公告)号:AU2018267645A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:AU2018267645

    申请日:2018-11-22

    Applicant: VIEW INC

    Abstract: DEFECT-MITIGATION LAYERS IN ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES Abstract Electrochromic devices (401) and methods may employ the addition of a defect mitigating insulating layer (411) which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers (106) from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer (411) may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 108 Ohm-cm. In some embodiments, the insulating layer (411) contains one or more of the following metal oxides: aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, silicon aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten oxide, and oxidized indium tin oxide. Carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and oxycarbides may also be used.

    Defect-mitigation layers in electrochromic devices

    公开(公告)号:AU2014214738B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-14

    申请号:AU2014214738

    申请日:2014-02-07

    Applicant: VIEW INC

    Abstract: Electrochromic devices and methods may employ the addition of a defect-mitigating insulating layer which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 108 Ohm-cm. In some embodiments, the insulating layer contains one or more of the following metal oxides: aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, silicon aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten oxide, and oxidized indium tin oxide. Carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and oxycarbides may also be used.

    COUNTER ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:CA2992423A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-19

    申请号:CA2992423

    申请日:2016-07-07

    Applicant: VIEW INC

    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic stacks, electrochromic devices, and methods and apparatus for making such stacks and devices. In various embodiments, an anodically coloring layer in an electrochromic stack or device is fabricated to include a heterogeneous structure, for example a heterogeneous composition and/or morphology. Such heterogeneous anodically coloring layers can be used to better tune the properties of a device.

    BIRD FRIENDLY ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:CA2991892A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-19

    申请号:CA2991892

    申请日:2016-07-07

    Applicant: VIEW INC

    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to electrochromic windows that are bird friendly, as well as methods and apparatus for forming such windows. Bird friendly windows include one or more elements that make the window visible to birds so that the birds recognize that they cannot fly through the window. Bird friendly windows can be used to minimize avian-window collisions, and therefore minimize avian deaths resulting from such collisions. In various embodiments, a window may be patterned such that the pattern is visible to birds. In these or other cases, the window may be made hazy, where the haze is visible to birds. The pattern and/or haze may be visible at wavelengths that fall in UV, and minimally noticeable (if at all) in wavelengths within the spectrum visible by humans.

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