Designing optical and electrical properties of electrochromic devices via tuning of parameters

An electrochromic device design system, comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store one or more models representing relationships of at least one of a desired optical property of an electrochromic device, or a desired electrical property of the electrochromic device with respect to one or more parameters of the electrochromic device, wherein the desired optical property includes at least one of a level of transparency in a clear state, a level of transparency in a dark state, a contrast, a coloration efficiency, a color in the clear state, or a color in the dark state, and wherein the desired electrical property includes at least one of a control voltage, a current, or a leakage current;
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• a processing unit configured to:
• receive, via an interface, an input indicative of at least one of the desired optical property or the desired electrical property of the electrochromic device;
• obtain, from the storage unit, at least one model of the one or more models representing the relationships of the desired optical property or the desired electrical property with respect to the one or more parameters of the electrochromic device;
• determine, using the obtained at least one model and according to the received input, at least one value of at least one parameter of the one or more parameters for the electrochromic device to specify a new a deposition temperature parameter, a new thickness of a counter-electrode (CE) layer parameter, a new thickness of an electrochromic electrode (EC) layer parameter, a new ratio of the thickness between the CE layer and the EC layer parameter, or new an amount of lithium doping parameter for use in forming the electrochromic device to achieve the one or more desired properties for the electrochromic device;
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• provide, via the interface, an output indicative of the at least one determined value of the at least one parameter of the one or more parameters for the electrochromic device to reach at least one of the desired optical property for the electrochromic device or the desired electrical property for the electrochromic device.

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
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• memory storing program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor, wherein, in response to receiving, via an interface, an input indicative of a desired value for at least one of a desired optical property of an electrochromic device and including at least one of a level of transparency in a clear state, a level of transparency in a dark state, a contrast, a coloration efficiency, a color in the clear state, or a color in the dark state, or a desired electrical property of the electrochromic device and including at least one of a control voltage, a current, or a leakage current, the program instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
• obtain one or more models representing relationships between property values of the electrochromic device and one or more parameters of the electrochromic device, wherein the one or more parameters including at least one of a deposition temperature, a thickness of a counter-electrode (CE) layer, a thickness of an electrochromic electrode (EC) layer, a ratio of the thickness between the CE layer and the EC layer, or an amount of lithium doping within the electrochromic device;
• determine, using the obtained one or more models and according to the desired value of the received input, at least one value of at least one parameter of the one or more parameters of the electrochromic device to specify a new deposition temperature parameter, a new thickness of a counter-electrode (CE) layer parameter, a new thickness of an electrochromic electrode (EC) layer parameter, a new ratio of the thickness between the CE layer and the EC layer parameter, or new an amount of lithium doping parameter for use in forming the electrochromic device to achieve the one or more desired properties for the electrochromic device;
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• provide, via the interface, an output indicative of the desired value for the electrochromic device to reach at least one of the desired optical property for the electrochromic device or the desired electrical property for the electrochromic device.