Abstract
Vanadium dioxide is an intriguing candidate for use in intelligent devices such as sensors, magnetic refrigeration and particularly as solar modulating smart window materials. A facile sol-gel route is developed to produce pure VO2 with different nanostructures in a CO2 atmosphere. It was found that the nanoporous structures demonstrated a 16% increase in the luminous transmittance (Tlum) (from 20% to 36%) compared with the vacuum results, while large supercooling effects of up to 30°C have been observed in zero-dimensional structures.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7124-7128 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 21 May 2013 |