-
Photochromic materials, as an adaptive smart material, have a wide range of applications in smart windows, photoelectric sensors, optical storage, etc. Oxygen-containing rare-earth metal hydrides (REHxOy) films, a new type of photochromic material, have attracted the attention of researchers for their efficient and reversible color-changing properties, simple and reproducible preparation methods, and fast darkening-bleaching times. This paper reviews the current status of research on the structural composition, color change mechanism, and property modulation of oxygen-containing rare-earth metal hydrides films. Exposure to visible and ultraviolet (UV) light triggers a decrease in the optical transmission of visible and infrared (IR) light. The photochromic mechanism can be categorized into four explanations: lattice contraction mechanism, oxygen exchange mechanism, local metal phase change, and hydrogen migration mechanism. Currently, performance can be tuned by controlling film morphology, designing chemical components, improving substrate adaptation, multilayer film structure design, etc. Finally, an outlook on research priorities after thin films is provided.
-
Keywords:
- photochromic materials /
- REHxOy thin film /
- structural composition /
- mechanism /
- property modulation /
- review
-
[1] Ke Y, Chen J, Lin G, Wang S, Zhou Y, Yin J, Pooi S L, Long Y 2019 Adv. Energy Mater 2019 9 1902066.
[2] Ma Y, Yu Y, She P, Lu J, Liu S, Huang W, Zhao Q 2020 Sci. Adv. 2020 6 2386.
[3] Barachevsky V. A., Strokach Y. P., Krayushkin M. M. 2007 J. Phys. Org. Chem. 20 1007.
[4] Qin M., Huang Y., Li F., Song Y. 2015 J. Mater. Chem. C 3 9265.
[5] A. I. Gavrilyuk 2013 Appl. Surf. Sci 13.
[6] Eglitis R., Zukuls A., Viter R. 2020 Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 19 1072.
[7] Zhu Y, Yao Y, Chen, Zhang Z, Zhang Pan, Cheng Z, Gao Y 2022 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 239 111664.
[8] Tang W. 2022 Chem. Eng. J. 435 134670.
[9] Huiberts J. N., Griessen R, Rector J.H., Wijngaarden R.J., Dekker J.P. 1996 Nature 380 231.
[10] Hoekstra A. F. Th., Roy A. S., Rosenbaum T. F., Griessen R. 2001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 5349.
[11] Ngene P., Longo A., Moojj L. 2017 Nat. Commun. 8 1846.
[12] Ohumura A., Machida A., Watanuki T. 2007 Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 151904.
[13] Mongstad T., Platzer-Bjorkman C, Maehlen J., Lennard P.A. Mooij, Yevheniy P., Dam Bernard, Marstein E., Karazhanov S. Z. 2011 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 95 3596.
[14] Nafezarefi F., Schreuders H., Dam B. 2017 Appl. Phys. Lett. 111 103903.
[15] Colombi G., Dekrom T., Chaykina D. 2021 ACS Photonics 8 709.
[16] Baba E. M., Montero J., Moldarev D., Moro M. V., Wolff M., Primetzhofer D., Sartori S., Zayim E., Karazhanov S.Z. 2020 Molecules 25 3181.
[17] Moldarev D., Moro M. V., You C C., Elbruz M. B., Karazhanov S. Z. 2018 Phys. Rev. Mater. 2115203.
[18] Chai J., Shao Z., Wang H., Ming C., Oh W., Ye T., Zhang Y., Cao X., Ping Jin, Sun Y. 2020 Sci. China Mater. 63 1579.
[19] Colombi G., Cornelius S., Longo A. 2020 J. Phys. Chem. C 124 13541.
[20] Pishtshev A., Strougovshchikov E., Karazhanov S. 2019 Cryst. Growth Des. 19 2574.
[21] Chaykin D., Nafezarefi F., Colombi G., Cornelius S., Lars J. 2022 J. Phys. Chem. C 126 2276.
[22] Montero J., Martinsen F. A., Lelis M., Karazhanov S. Zh. 2018 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 177 106.
[23] Montero J., Martinsen F. A., Lelis M., Karazhanov S. Zh., Hauback B. C., Marstein E. S. 2017 Sol. Energy Mater.
[24] Pishtshev A., Karazhanov S. Zh. 2014 Solid State Commun. 194 39.
[25] You C. C., Moldarev D., Mongstada T., Primetzhofer D., Wolffb M., Marsteina E. S., Karazhanov S. Zh. 2017 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells. 166 185.
[26] You C. C., Mongstad T., Marstein E. S., Karazhanov S. Zh. 2019 Materialia 2019100307.
[27] Kantre K., Moro M. V., Moldarev D. 2020 Scr. Mater. 186 352.
[28] Mongstad T., Subrahmanyam A., Karazhanov S. 2014 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 128 270.
[29] Komatsu Y., Sato R., Wilde M., Nishio K., Katase T., Matsumura D., Saitoh H., Miyauchi M., Adelman J. R., McFadden R. M. L., MacFarlane W. A., Sugiyama J., Komatsu T. H. Y. 2022 Chem. Mater. 3450.
[30] Montero J., Galeckas A., Karazhanov S. Z. 2018 Phys. Status Solidi B 255 1800139.
[31] You C. C., Karazhanov S. Zh. 2020 J. Appl. Phys. 128 013106.
[32] Zhang Q., Xie L., Zhu Y., Tao Y., Li R., Xua J., Bao S., Jin P. 2019 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 20 109930.
[33] Baba E. M., Weiser P. M., Karazhanov S. 2021 Phys. Status Solidi RRL-Rapid Res. Lett. 15 2000459.
[34] Dam B., Remhof A., Heijna M.C.R., Rector J.H., Borsa D., Kerssemakers J.W.J. 2003 J. Alloys Compd. 356–357526.
[35] Maehlen J. P., Mongstad T. T., You C. C., Karazhanov S. 2013 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 580 119.
[36] Plokkera M.P., Eijta S.W.H., Nazirisa F., H. Schutb, Nafezarefic F., Schreudersc H., Corneliusc S., Dam B. 2018 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 177 97.
[37] Eijta S.W.H., Kroma T.W.H., Chaykinab D., Schuta H., Colombib G., Eggerc W., Dickmannc M., Hugenschmidtd C., Dam B. 2020 Acta Phys. Pol. A 137 205.
[38] Montero J., Martinsen F. A., García-Tecedor M., Karazhanov S. Zh., Maestre D., Hauback B., Marstein E. S. 2017 Phys. Rev. B 95 201301.
[39] Baba E. M., Montero J., Strugovshchikov E., Zayim E., Karazhanov S. 2020 Phys.
[40] Moldarev D., Stolz L., Marcos V. 2021 Phys. Status Solidi RRL-Rapid Res. Lett. 15 2000608.
[41] M. V. Moro 2019 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 201 110119.
[42] Moro M. V., Aðalsteinsson S. M., Tran T. T., Moldarev D., Samanta A., Wolff M., Primetzhofer D. 2021 J. Appl. Phys. 129 153101.
[43] Moroa M.V., Moldarev D., You C.C., Baba E.M., Karazhanov S. Zh., Wolffa M., Primetzhofer D. 2019 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 201 110119.
[44] Nafezarefi F., Cornelius S., Dam B. 2019 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 200 109923.
[45] Hans M., Tran T. T., Aðalsteinsson S. M., Moldarev D., Moro M. V., Wolff M., Primetzhofer D. 2020 Adv. Opt. Mater. 8 2000822.
[46] Chandran C. V., Schreuders H., Dam B., Janssen J. W. G., Bart J., Kentgens A. P. M. 2014 J. Phys. Chem. C 118 22935.
[47] Moldarev D., Wolff M., Baba E.M., Moro M.V., You C.C., Primetzhofer D., Karazhanov S.Zh. 2020 Materialia 11 100706.
[48] Mayer M., Eckstein W., Langhuth H., Schiettekatte F., Toussaint U. 2011 Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. B Beam Interact. Mater. At. 269 3006.
[49] Chen J. K., Mao W., Ge B., Wang J., Ke X. Y., Wang V., Wang Y. P., Döbeli M., Geng W. T., Matsuzaki H., Shi J., Jiang Y. 2019 Nat. Commun. 10 694.
[50] You C. C., Mongstad T., Maehlen J. P. 2015 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 143 623.
[51] You C. C., Mongstad T., Maehlen J. P., Karazhanov S. 2014 Appl Phys Lett 105 031910.
[52] Moldarev D., Primetzhofer D., You C. C., Karazhanov S. Zh., Montero J., Martinsen F., Mongstad T., Marstein E. S., Wolff M. 2018 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 177 66.
[53] Strugovshchikov E., Pishtshev A., Karazhanov S. 2021 Phys. Status Solidi B 258 2100179.
[54] Shao Z., Cao X., Zhang Q., Long S., Chang T., Xu F., Jin P. 2019 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 200 110044.
[55] Zhang Q., Xie L., Zhu Y., Tao Y., Li R., Xu J., Bao S. H., Jin P. 2019 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 20 109930.
Metrics
- Abstract views: 2801
- PDF Downloads: 0
- Cited By: 0