Dispersed iridium based complementary electrochromic device
First Claim
1. An electrochromic device including one electrode layer, a cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, an ionic conductive layer, a reversibly oxidizable layer and another electrode layer, at least one of said one electrode layer and said other electrode layer being transparent, and at least one of said cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, said ionic conductive layer and said reversibly oxidizable layer being adapted to contain protons or include a proton source for emitting protons upon application of a voltage, wherein said reversibly oxidizable layer comprises a transparent dispersion layer which is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes and which comprises a metal iridium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase and a transparent solid dispersion medium.
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An electrochromic device including one electrode layer (A), a cathodically coloring electrochromic layer (B), an ionic conductive layer (C) if required, a reversibly oxidizable layer (D) and another electrode layer (E), at least one of the one electrode layer (A) and the other electrode layer (E) being transparent, and at least one of the cathodically coloring electrochromic layer (B), the ionic conductive layer (C) and the reversibly oxidizable layer (D) being adapted to contain protons or include a proton source for emitting protons upon application of a voltage. The reversibly oxidizable layer (D) comprises a transparent dispersion layer (D1) which is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes and which comprises a metal iridium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase (D11) and a transparent solid dispersion medium (D12), or the reversibly oxidizable layer (D) and the other electrode (E) are replaced with a single transparent conductive dispersion material layer (D1a) which is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes and which comprises a metal iridium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase (D11) and a transparent conductive solid dispersion medium (D 12a).
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- 1. An electrochromic device including one electrode layer, a cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, an ionic conductive layer, a reversibly oxidizable layer and another electrode layer, at least one of said one electrode layer and said other electrode layer being transparent, and at least one of said cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, said ionic conductive layer and said reversibly oxidizable layer being adapted to contain protons or include a proton source for emitting protons upon application of a voltage, wherein said reversibly oxidizable layer comprises a transparent dispersion layer which is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes and which comprises a metal iridium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase and a transparent solid dispersion medium.
- 8. An electrochromic device including an electrode layer, a cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, an ionic conductive layer, and a reversibly oxidizable layer, at least one of said cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, said ionic conductive layer and said reversibly oxidizable layer being adapted to contain protons or include a proton source for emitting protons upon application of a voltage, wherein said reversibly oxidizable layer is comprised of a transparent conductive dispersion material, is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes, and comprises a metal iridium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase and a transparent conductive solid dispersion medium.
- 14. An electrochromic device including one electrode layer, a cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, a reversibly oxidizable layer and another electrode layer, at least one of said one electrode layer and said other electrode layer being transparent, and at least one of said cathodically coloring electrochromic layer and said reversibly oxidizable layer being adapted to contain protons or include a proton source for emitting protons upon application of a voltage, wherein said reversibly oxidizable layer comprises a transparent dispersion layer which is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes and which comprises a metal irdium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase and a transparent solid dispersion medium.
- 19. An electrochromic device including an electrode layer, a cathodically coloring electrochromic layer, and a reversibly oxidizable layer, at lease one of said cathodically coloring electrochromic layer and said reversibly oxidizable layer being adapted to contain protons or include a proton source for emitting protons upon application of a voltage, wherein said reversibly oxidizable layer is comprised of a transparent conductive dispersion material, is made by vacuum thin film formation techniques or thick-film processes, and comprises a metal iridium, iridium oxide or iridium hydroxide disperse phase and a transparent conductive solid dispersion medium.
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