Single-compartment, self-erasing, solution-phase electrochromic devices, solutions for use therein, and uses thereof
申请人:GENTEX CORPORATION
公开号:EP0240226A2
公开(公告)日:1987-10-07
Single-compartment, self-erasing, solution-phase electrochromic devices, solutions of electrochromic compounds for use as media of variable transmittance in such devices, and electrochromic compounds for such solutions are provided. The devices of the invention are surprisingly stable to cycling between light and dark states, have continuously variable transmittance to light as a function of electrical potential applied across the solution in a device, and have transmittance that can be varied over more than a factor of 10, from clear to dark or from dark to clear, in several seconds. Thus, the devices are especially suitable as variable transmittance components of variable transmission light filters, including windows, and variable reflectance mirrors, including anti-glare rearview mirrors in automobiles. Also provided are improved variable reflectance mirrors, wherein transmittance of reflected light is varied by thermochromic, photochromic or electro-optic means and wherein the reduction in transmittance which is required to eliminate perceptible reflection of an object to the eyes of an observer is reduced by disposing the plane of the highly reflective surface of the mirror at an angle with respect to the plane of the surface through which light from the object enters the mirror.
本发明提供了单室、自迭代、溶液相电致变色装置,在此类装置中用作可变透射率介质的电致变色化合物溶液,以及用于此类溶液的电致变色化合物。令人惊讶的是,本发明的装置在光和暗状态之间循环时非常稳定,具有连续可变的透光率,这与装置中溶液两端施加的电势有关,并且透光率可在几秒钟内变化 10 倍以上,从透明到暗或从暗到透明。因此,这些装置特别适合作为可变透射滤光器(包括窗户)和可变反射镜(包括汽车防眩目后视镜)的可变透射率组件。此外,还提供了改进的可变反射镜,其中反射光的透射率是通过热致变色、光致变色或电致发光的方法来改变的,并且通过将镜子的高反射表面的平面与物体的光进入镜子的表面的平面成一定角度来减少透射率的降低,从而消除物体对观察者眼睛的可察觉反射。