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Design of a widely adjustable electrochromic device based on the reversible metal electrodeposition of Ag nanocylinders

Jiangrong Zhou, Yuge Han( )
MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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A tunable reflective surface where the color of the surface can be changed as a function of the thickness of the deposited Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) is proposed by using a specially designed array of ordered SiO2 nanoholes as a deposition template in conjunction with the traditional reversible metal electrodeposition device (RMED). Besides, the appreciable synergetic relationship between the structural parameters of the SiO2 template and dynamic rendering colors reveals the feasibility of utilizing different templates for satisfying various color requirements.

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Structural colors resulting from nanostructured metallic surfaces hold a series of advantages compared to conventional chemical pigments and dyes, such as enhanced durability, tunability, scalability, and low consumption, making them particularly promising for preparing color-tunable devices. However, once these structures are fabricated, they are almost all passive devices with static nanostructures and fixed optical properties, limiting their potential applications. Here, by using a specially designed array of ordered SiO2 nanoholes as a deposition template in conjunction with the traditional reversible metal electrodeposition device (RMED), we propose a tunable reflective surface where the color of the surface can be changed as a function of the thickness of the deposited Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs). Simplified manufacturability and a large range of color tunability are achieved over previous reports by utilizing the SiO2 nanohole template, which allows the direct deposition of AgNPs while forming an array structure of Ag nanocylinders. Besides, a further thematic analysis of the physical mechanism in the proposed structure is conducted. The results show that the structural colors induced by the longitudinal localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) mode can be dynamically tuned from brown to purple via increasing the deposition thickness. Additionally, in combination with SiO2 nanohole templates of varying parameters, a full gamut of colors spanning the entire visible spectrum is achieved, revealing the feasibility of utilizing the properties of the LSPR mode for satisfying various color requirements. We believe that this LSPR-based multicolor RMED design will contribute to the development of full color information displays and light-modulating devices.

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structural colordynamic color tunabilitynanocylinderplasmonic nanostructures

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 1,
January 2023
Pages 1421-1429
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4638-2
Cite this article:
Zhou J, Han Y. Design of a widely adjustable electrochromic device based on the reversible metal electrodeposition of Ag nanocylinders. Nano Research, 2023, 16(1): 1421-1429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4638-2
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Received: 01 April 2022
Revised: 15 May 2022
Accepted: 08 June 2022
Published: 01 July 2022
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