Influence of MoO3 addition on the gasochromism of WO3 thin films

Abstract

Pure tungsten oxide thin films apparently show gasochromic performance, based on PdCl2 catalyst. In this paper, adulteration of MoO3 into WO3 sol has been achieved via sol-gel method. FT-IR, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC-TG) and Uv-visible Spectroscopy have been used to analysis the compound sols, films and optical properties for the use of this material as smart windows. FT-IR shows that for the compound, new characteristic absorption bands arise, which is different from pure WO3 or MoO3. DSC-TG shows the phase change during the temperature ascending from 50 to 800°C. The compound thin films performs relatively well in coloring response time, colored extent, coloring-bleaching recycling and gasochromic effect with non-unicity color.