Advances in the study of electrochromic materials (overseas travel grant)

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Not Energy Related

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor R J Mortimer
Chemistry
Loughborough University

Standard

EPSRC

01 September 2006

31 August 2009

36 months

£24,742

Materials sciences

East Midlands

Structural Polymers and Composites -- Physical Sciences

Professor R J Mortimer, Chemistry, Loughborough University

Project Contact, University of Florida, USA

coordinationcomplexes, both in solution and as polymer films, inorganic charge-transfer complexes, metal oxides (especially tungsten trioxide), viologens (bipyridylium salts) and electroactive conjugated polymers such as polypyrroles and polythiophenes. This research programme follows on from practical research undertaken by Dr Mortimer during September to December 2004 and March/April 2005 in the laboratories of Professor J R Reynolds in the Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, funded, in part, by an EPSRC overseas travel grant. The new research programme aims are to foster this developing research collaboration with the internationally-leading electrochromic conjugated polymers research group; to apply the technique of in situ colorimetry ('colour analysis') to the broad range of available electrochromic materials; to investigate the effect of conjugated polymer deposition technique and film thickness on perceived colour; to optimise contrast ratio through morphology control; to study mechanistic aspects of viologen electrochromicity; to construct and study novel electrochromic devices; and to train UK researchers in these various techniques, towards the benefit of UK academia and industry

14/05/07