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Solid‐State and Flexible Black Electrochromic Devices Enabled by Ni‐Cu Salts Based Organohydrogel Electrolytes

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Solid‐state black electrochromic devices (ECDs) are promising for smart window applications, particularly when privacy protection and low leakage are required. Herein, a Ni–Cu salts/poly(vinyl alcohol) based organohydrogel electrolyte is developed… Click to show full abstract

Solid‐state black electrochromic devices (ECDs) are promising for smart window applications, particularly when privacy protection and low leakage are required. Herein, a Ni–Cu salts/poly(vinyl alcohol) based organohydrogel electrolyte is developed with superior visible‐light transparency (83.8%), ionic conductivity (0.11 mS cm−1), and mechanical properties (tensile strength: 11.1 kPa, breaking strain: 242.6%). Due to the high viscosity of the organohydrogel electrolyte, a homogeneous Ni–Cu alloy film with a surface roughness of around 11.2 nm can be electrodeposited under −3 V for 5 min, and the resulting black color can be retained for over 350 min with a transmittance increase of only 5% at the voltage‐off state. The solid‐state rigid ECD exhibits an outstanding optical contrast between the transparent and colored states (visible light transmittance: 70.8% vs 0.085%), excellent cycling stability with over 90% retention of optical contrast after 2000 cycles. Finally, a flexible ECD is fabricated with the organohydrogel electrolyte and annealed indium tin oxide (ITO)‐coated polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) films as flexible and durable electrodes. It exhibits good mechanical flexibility with transmittance modulation degradation of 10% after 800 bending cycles and switching stability for 400 cycles with up to 43% optical contrast.

Keywords: organohydrogel electrolyte; based organohydrogel; state; solid state; black electrochromic; electrochromic devices

Journal Title: Advanced Materials Interfaces
Year Published: 2023

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