Electrochemichromic solutions, processes for preparing and using the same, and devices manufactured with the same
申请人:DONNELLY CORPORATION
公开号:EP0531143A2
公开(公告)日:1993-03-10
The present invention relates to electrochromic solutions and devices manufactured therefrom. More precisely, the present invention relates to electrochemichromic compounds and processes for preparing the same. The present invention also relates to electrochemichromic solutions of such compounds, and those devices manufactured with the same, that demonstrate superior responsiveness to those solutions known heretofore when an applied potential is introduced thereto. And, these solutions, when contained within electrochemichromic devices, demonstrate ultraviolet stability, thermal stability and cycle stability. The responsiveness observed in terms of solution coloring with respect to the solutions, and devices containing the same, of the present invention is of a greater rapidity, intensity and uniformity than those electrochemichromic solutions of the prior art. Preparation of these solutions involve the novel process of pre-treating at least one of the electrochemichromic compounds with a redox agent prior to placing it in contact with the other electrochemichromic compound. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods of preparing such novel solutions and processes for using these solutions to provide devices that exhibit and benefit from the aforementioned superior characteristics.
本发明涉及电致变色溶液及其制造的装置。更确切地说,本发明涉及电致变色化合物及其制备工艺。本发明还涉及此类化合物的电致变色溶液,以及用其制造的装置,当引入外加电位时,这些装置的反应能力优于迄今已知的溶液。而且,当这些溶液装入电致变色装置时,会表现出紫外线稳定性、热稳定性和循环稳定性。与现有技术中的电致发光溶液相比,本发明的溶液和含有本发明溶液的装置在溶液着色方面的反应速度更快、强度更大、更均匀。这些溶液的制备涉及一种新工艺,即在将至少一种电致变色化合物与另一种电致变色化合物接触之前,用氧化还原剂对其进行预处理。此外,本发明还涉及制备这种新型溶液的方法,以及使用这些溶液提供显示并受益于上述优异特性的装置的工艺。