An improved electrochromic device, the device incorporating an electrochromic medium that comprises at least three electroactive materials having absorption spectra that add together such that the color of the electrochromic medium can be pre-selected by individually choosing the concentrations of the at least three electroactive materials. The electrochromic medium generally maintains the pre-selected perceived color throughout its normal range of voltages when used in an electrochromic device. The at least three electroactive materials include at least one electrochemically reducible material (cathodic material), at least one electrochemically oxidizable material (anodic material) and at least one additional electroactive material which may be either an anodic or cathodic material. Thus, there are always three electroactive materials present in the medium, with at least two either being anodic or cathodic materials. The pre-selected color may be chosen from a wide variety of colors and may be, for example, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. For electrochromic mirrors for motor vehicles, a presently preferred color is gray.
一种改进的电致变色装置,该装置包括一种电致变色介质,该介质包含至少三种吸收光谱相加的电活性材料,因此可以通过单独选择至少三种电活性材料的浓度来预先选择电致变色介质的颜色。当在电致变色装置中使用时,该电致变色介质通常在其正常电压范围内保持预先选择的感知颜色。至少三种电活性材料包括至少一种电
化学可还原材料(阴极材料),至少一种电
化学可氧化材料(阳极材料)和至少一种附加电活性材料,该附加电活性材料可以是阳极或阴极材料。因此,介质中始终存在三种电活性材料,其中至少有两种为阳极或阴极材料。可以从各种各样的颜色中选择预先选择的颜色,例如红色、橙色、黄色、绿色、蓝色、紫色。对于机动车的电致变色镜子,目前首选的颜色是灰色。