US 11,747,695 B2
Multicolor electrochromic structure, fabrication method and application thereof
Zhigang Zhao, Suzhou (CN); Zhen Wang, Suzhou (CN); and Shan Cong, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO-TECH AND NANO-BIONICS, Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 16/762,671
Filed by SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO-TECH AND NANO-BIONICS (SINANO), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Suzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/077096
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/172901, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910146293.7 (CN), filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0215988 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G02F 1/153 (2006.01); G02F 1/157 (2006.01); G02F 1/1524 (2019.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/155 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/157 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133354 (2021.01); G02F 1/155 (2013.01); G02F 1/1524 (2019.01); G02F 1/1533 (2013.01); G02F 2203/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multicolor electrochromic structure, consisting of a working electrode, an electrolyte and an auxiliary electrode, wherein the electrolyte is distributed between the working electrode and the auxiliary electrode; the working electrode consists of an electrochromic layer; the electrochromic layer consists of a first reflective surface, a second reflective surface, a dielectric layer, a metal reflective layer and a thin metal layer; the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface are arranged face to face in parallel; the dielectric layer is arranged between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface; the first reflective surface, the second reflective surface and the dielectric layer form an optical cavity; when incident light falls in the optical cavity, a phase shift of a reflected light formed on the first reflective surface and a reflected light formed on the second reflective surface is β=(2π/λ)ñ1d cos θ1, d is a thickness of the dielectric layer, ñ1 is a refractive index of the dielectric layer, λ is a wavelength of the incident light, θ1 is an angle of refraction when the incident light passes through the first reflective surface; the metal reflective layer and the thin metal layer are positioned in parallel on opposite sides of the dielectric layer; wherein the material of the metal reflective layer is selected from gold, silver, copper, tungsten and titanium; and the material of the thin metal layer is selected from Ag, Al, Cu and Ni.