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Towards Room Temperature Thermochromic Coatings with controllable NIR-IR modulation for solar heat management & smart windows applications.
Khanyile, B S; Numan, N; Simo, A; Nkosi, M; Mtshali, C B; Khumalo, Z; Madiba, I G; Mabakachaba, B; Swart, H; Coetsee-Hugo, E; Duvenhage, Mart-Mari; Lee, E; Henini, M; Gibaud, A; Chaker, M; Rezaee, P; Lethole, N; Akbari, M; Morad, R; Maaza, M.
Afiliação
  • Khanyile BS; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa. sfundob@gmail.com.
  • Numan N; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 003, South Africa. sfundob@gmail.com.
  • Simo A; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Nkosi M; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 003, South Africa.
  • Mtshali CB; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Khumalo Z; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 003, South Africa.
  • Madiba IG; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Mabakachaba B; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 003, South Africa.
  • Swart H; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Coetsee-Hugo E; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Duvenhage MM; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Lee E; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 003, South Africa.
  • Henini M; MRD-Tandetron Accelerator & Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, P O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Gibaud A; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 003, South Africa.
  • Chaker M; Physics Department, University of the Western Cape, P.O. Box 1906, Bellville, 7535, South Africa.
  • Rezaee P; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Physics Department, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa.
  • Lethole N; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Physics Department, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa.
  • Akbari M; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Physics Department, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa.
  • Morad R; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Physics Department, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa.
  • Maaza M; School of Physics & Astronomy, Nottingham University, Nottingham, NG7 2RD7, UK.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 2818, 2024 Feb 02.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38307893
ABSTRACT
Solar heat management & green air-conditioning are among the major technologies that could mitigate heat islands phenomenon while minimizing significantly the CO2 global foot-print within the building & automotive sectors. Chromogenic materials in general, and thermochromic smart coatings especially are promising candidates that consent a noteworthy dynamic solar radiation Infrared (NIR-IR) regulation and hence an efficient solar heat management especially with the expected increase of the global seasonal temperature. Within this contribution, two major challenging bottlenecks in vanadium oxide based smart coatings were addressed. It is validated for the first time that the NIR-IR modulation of the optical transmission (∆TTRANS = T(T〈TMIT) - T(T〉TMIT) of Vanadium oxide based smart coatings can be controlled & tuned. This upmost challenging bottle-neck controllability/tunability is confirmed via a genuine approach alongside to a simultaneous drastic reduction of the phase transition temperature TMIT from 68.8 °C to nearly room temperature. More precisely, a substantial thermochromism in multilayered V2O5/V/V2O5 stacks equivalent to that of standard pure VO2 thin films but with a far lower transition temperature, is reported. Such a multilayered V2O5/V/V2O5 thermochromic system exhibited a net control & tunability of the optical transmission modulation in the NIR-IR (∆TTRANS) via the nano-scaled thickness' control of the intermediate Vanadium layer. In addition, the control of ∆TTRANS is accompanied by a tremendous diminution of the thermochromic transition temperature from the elevated bulk value of 68.8 °C to the range of 27.5-37.5 ºC. The observed remarkable and reversible thermochromism in such multilayered nano-scaled system of V2O5/V/V2O5 is likely to be ascribed to a noteworthy interfacial diffusion, and an indirect doping by alkaline ions diffusing from the borosilicate substrate. It is hoped that the current findings would contribute in advancing thermochromic smart window technology and their applications for solar heat management in glass windows in general, skyscraper especially & in the automotive industry. If so, this would open a path to a sustainable green air-conditioning with zero-energy input.
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