Estudio de los procesos de intercalación en materiales electrómicos (a-WO3, polímeros conductores y viológenos)

This thesis presents thermodynamic studies performed by electrochemical methods (cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance and chronopotenciometry) in three of the most important electrochromic materials: a-WO3, conducting polymers and viologens. Electrochromic materials are very promising as a...

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Autor: García Cañadas, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/10407
Acceso en línea:http://www.tdx.cat/TDX-1108106-143641
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/10407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:chemical capacitance
impedance
chromogenic materials
amorphous tungsten oxide
cyclic voltammetry
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Sumario:This thesis presents thermodynamic studies performed by electrochemical methods (cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance and chronopotenciometry) in three of the most important electrochromic materials: a-WO3, conducting polymers and viologens. Electrochromic materials are very promising as a low-consuming technology. By incorporating these materials in windows of buildings or vehicles, approximately a 30% of the consumed energy in these systems can be saved.<br/>Regarding the a-WO3, apart from other contributions, a new model based on lattice distortions, able to explain the intercalation thermodynamic in this material, is proposed. In the conducting polymers field, a Gaussian energy distribution is proved to account for the initial part of the so broad oxidation peaks observed in cyclic voltammetry. Finally, the coloration kinetics of the viologen modified n-TiO2 electrode is explained.