Controlled transparency
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1. Pane or foil with controllable transparency and light transmission comprising:
- at least one transparent carrier;
a first and a second transparent electrode;
said first electrode being disposed on said one carrier;
a transparent electrolyte and an active polymer layer disposed on said first electrode, said active polymer layer having a light absorption in the visible spectrum range characterized by a variation in the case of a reversible chemical reaction being an electrochemically induced doping process;
a transparent ion layer made of ITO and being disposed such that the electrolyte is situated between the ion layer and the active polymer layer, the ion layer serving as a reversible ion receiving and ion storage layer as well as a yielding source for ions respectively to receive such ions from the polymer layer and to provide such ions to the polymer layer; and
said second electrode being disposed so that the electrolyte and the polymer layer is between the electrodes.
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Pane or foil with controllable transparency and light transmission comprises a layer configuration between two transparent carriers such as glass panes, foils or the like; transparent electrodes are disposed on the carriers; a tansparent electrolyte and an active polymer layer are disposed between the electrodes; the active polymer layer has light absorption in the visible spectrum range characterized by a variation in the case of a reversible chemical doping reaction; preferably an additional transparent layer is included to serve as reversible source for storage and yielding of ions, the additional layer is juxtaposed to the electrolyte.
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1. Pane or foil with controllable transparency and light transmission comprising:
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at least one transparent carrier; a first and a second transparent electrode;
said first electrode being disposed on said one carrier;a transparent electrolyte and an active polymer layer disposed on said first electrode, said active polymer layer having a light absorption in the visible spectrum range characterized by a variation in the case of a reversible chemical reaction being an electrochemically induced doping process; a transparent ion layer made of ITO and being disposed such that the electrolyte is situated between the ion layer and the active polymer layer, the ion layer serving as a reversible ion receiving and ion storage layer as well as a yielding source for ions respectively to receive such ions from the polymer layer and to provide such ions to the polymer layer; and said second electrode being disposed so that the electrolyte and the polymer layer is between the electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Rigid or flexible panel with controllable transparency and light transmission comprising:
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two transparent carriers; a first and a second transparent electrode respectively deposited on said carrier; a transparent electrolyte and an active polymer layer disposed between said electrodes, said active polymer layer having a light absorption in the visible spectrum range characterized by a variation in the case of a reversible chemical reaction through reversible doping; and an ITO layer also being transparent and serving as reversible source for storage and yielding of ions so that the electrolyte is between the ITO layer and the polymer layer and being disposed to provide said ions or receiving them from said polymer layer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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