The researchers have designed a self-powering smart window system in which a bifunctional tungsten oxide based device serves as the glass and fibrous dye-sensitized solar cells serve as the frame of the window so that space can be used efficiently. The shining point of this new system is that the number of solar cells can be changed and when converted, it can make this integrated system independent of the angle of incidence as the frame is designed as a cylindrical configuration.

In the application of electrochromic energy storage devices, the methods to improve the bifunctional properties of tungsten oxides electrodes are very similar to those used to improve electrochromic and energy storage properties: obtaining porous nanostructures, doping, and integrating tungsten oxide with other materials, especially organic materials. In most cases, these methods are not used individually, but two or three methods are used simultaneously.

Regarding Electrochromic Energy Storage Devices (ECESDs), tungsten oxide could achieve greater capacity and richer colors if the suitable electrode is selected. There is a relationship between the energy storage level (ESL) of a bifunctional device based on tungsten oxide and its color, which is why qualitative information on the state of the device can be obtained directly.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China tungsten price edged higher at the beginning of the week began on Monday Feb. 6, 2023 and then stabilized when the weekend approached with the impact of rising new guide prices for the first half of this month as well as the strong earthquake in Turkey.