Electrochromic mirrors
AssigneeJenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.
InventorsFriedrich G. K. Baucke, Dieter Krause, Bernd Metz, Volker Paquet, Johannes Zauner
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Abstract
Electrochromic mirrors hermetically sealed from the ambient environment and comprising at least one electrode, at least one electrochromic layer, a reflector, at least one ion-conducting layer, and at least one ion-supplying layer which simultaneously is an ion-storing layer and is not identical with the reflector, wherein the ion-conducting layer consists essentially of an ion-conducting inorganic solid.
Claims21
In an electrochromic mirror hermetically sealed from the ambient environment and comprising at least two electrodes, at least one electrochromic layer, a reflector, at least one ion-conducting layer, and at least one ion-supplying layer which simultaneously is an ion-storing layer and is not identical with the reflector, the improvement wherein the ion-conducting layer consists essentially of an ion-conducting inorganic solid and the mirror has a line of sight configuration selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a glass substrate;
- a transparent electrode;
- an electrochromic layer;
- a solid, ion-conducting layer;
- a hydrogen-permeable reflector;
- a solid ion-conducting layer;
- an ion-storing layer;
- a catalytic layer acting simultaneously as an electrode;
- an adhesive;
- and a face pane;
- (b) a glass substrate;
- a transparent electrode;
- an electrochromic layer;
- a solid, ion-conducting layer;
- a hydrogen-permeable reflector acting simultaneously as an electrode;
- an ion-storing layer;
- a catalytic layer;
- an adhesive;
- and a face pane;
- (c) a glass substrate;
- a transparent electrode;
- an electrochromic layer;
- a solid, ion-conducting layer;
- a hydrogen-permeable reflector;
- an ion-storing layer;
- a catalytic layer acting simultaneously as an electrode;
- an adhesive;
- and a face pane;
- (d) a glass substrate;
- an electrochromic layer;
- a hydrogen-permeable reflector acting simultaneously as an electrode;
- a solid, ion-conducting layer;
- an ion-storing layer;
- a catalytic layer acting simultaneously as an electrode;
- an adhesive;
- and a face pane;
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- (e) a glass substrate;
- a transparent electrode;
- an electrochromic layer;
- a solid, ion-conducting layer;
- a hydrogen-permeable reflector acting simultaneously as an electrode;
- an ion-storing layer;
- a solid, ion-conducting layer;
- an electrode permeable to water-vapor;
- an adhesive;
- and a face pane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.