Polymeric electrochromic devices
First Claim
1. An electrochromic transparency comprising:
- first and second spaced apart transparent substrates defining a chamber there between, said first and said second substrates including first and second electrically conductive transparent coatings on respective facing surfaces thereof; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second electrically conductive coatings to establish an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, said electroconductive medium comprising an electrochromic solution dispersed in a polymeric matrix;
wherein at least one of said first and said second substrates is plastic, and at least one of said first and second electrically conductive coatings is affixed to said plastic substrate through a transparent primer composition which is compatible with said electrochromic medium.
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Abstract
An electrochromic device includes a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface; a primer layer along the polymeric surface; a first electrically conductive transparent coating along the primer of the first substrate, wherein the primer layer adheres the first electrically conductive coating to the polymeric surface of the first substrate; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber therebetween; a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of the second substrate such that the first coating is in facing relation to the second coating, wherein at least one of the first and second substrates is transparent; and an electrochromic medium contained in the chamber, the electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to the first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through the electrochromic medium, and wherein the electrochromic medium and the primer layer are compatible.
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48 Claims
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1. An electrochromic transparency comprising:
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first and second spaced apart transparent substrates defining a chamber there between, said first and said second substrates including first and second electrically conductive transparent coatings on respective facing surfaces thereof; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second electrically conductive coatings to establish an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, said electroconductive medium comprising an electrochromic solution dispersed in a polymeric matrix;
wherein at least one of said first and said second substrates is plastic, and at least one of said first and second electrically conductive coatings is affixed to said plastic substrate through a transparent primer composition which is compatible with said electrochromic medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface;
a primer layer along said polymeric surface;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent, wherein at least one of said first and second electrically conductive coatings is a two part coating comprising a first electrically conductive portion deposited from a metal cathode and a second electrically conductive portion deposited from a ceramic cathode; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium. - View Dependent Claims (6, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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7. A method for making an electrochromic device comprising:
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providing a first substrate having a polymeric surface;
providing a primer layer along said polymeric surface;
forming a first electrically conductive transparent coating on said primer layer of said first substrate;
providing a second substrate, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent;
forming a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate, wherein at least one of said first electrically conductive coating or said second electrically conductive coating comprises a two part coating comprising a first electrically conductive portion deposited from a metal cathode, and a second electrically conductive portion deposited from a ceramic cathode;
spacing said first and said second substrates from each other such that said first electrically conductive coating and said second electrically conductive coating are in facing relationship to provide a chamber there between; and
providing an electrochromic medium within said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings. - View Dependent Claims (8, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48)
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9. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface;
a primer layer along said polymeric surface;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent;
a highly reflective, opaque coating along a surface of one of said first or second substrates; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible. - View Dependent Claims (29, 32, 33, 34, 45)
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10. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate selected from polyurethanes, urethane carbonate copolymers, polysulfones, polyimides, polyester, polyethers, polyalkenes, polysulfides and polyvinylacetates;
a primer layer along a major surface of said first substrate;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible. - View Dependent Claims (11, 19)
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12. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate selected from polycarbonate urethane and polyester carbonate;
a primer layer along a major surface of said first substrate;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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13. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface;
a primer layer along said polymeric surface;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent and each one of said first and second electrically conductive coatings is selected from antimony doped tin oxide, IMI and mixtures thereof; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface;
a primer layer along said polymeric surface, wherein said primer layer is selected from polyurethanes, urethane acrylates, and zirconium silicates and mixtures thereof;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface;
a primer layer along said polymeric surface, wherein said primer layer is selected from a carbonate diol-based cross linked polyurethane;
a terpolymer of cyanoethylacrylate, hydroxyethylacrylate and acrylic acid;
a terpolymer of cyanoethylacrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate and acrylic acid; and
a terpolymer of zirconium alkoxide, colloidal silica and acrylate silane;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent; and
an electrochromic medium contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible.
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18. An electrochromic device comprising:
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a first substrate having at least one polymeric surface;
a primer layer along said polymeric surface, wherein said primer layer comprises a carbonate diol-based cross linked polyurethane;
a first electrically conductive transparent coating along said primer of said first substrate, wherein said primer layer adheres said first electrically conductive coating to said polymeric surface of said first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate to define a chamber there between;
a second electrically conductive transparent coating on a surface of said second substrate such that said first coating is in facing relation to said second coating, wherein at least one of said first and second substrates is transparent; and
an electrochromic medium comprising a polyurethane contained in said chamber, said electrochromic medium having reduced luminous transmittance upon application of electrical power to said first and second conductive coatings and establishing an electrical potential through said electrochromic medium, and wherein said electrochromic medium and said primer layer are compatible.
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