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Electrochromic Switch Devices Mixing Small‐ and Large‐Sized Upconverting Nanocrystals

Eduardo D. Martínez

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E-mail address: edmartin@ifi.unicamp.br

“Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083‐859 Campinas, SP, Brazil

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Carlos D. S. Brites

Physics Department and CICECO‐Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810‐193 Aveiro, Portugal

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Luís D. Carlos

Physics Department and CICECO‐Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810‐193 Aveiro, Portugal

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Alí F. García‐Flores

“Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083‐859 Campinas, SP, Brazil

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Ricardo R. Urbano

“Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083‐859 Campinas, SP, Brazil

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Carlos Rettori

“Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics (IFGW), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083‐859 Campinas, SP, Brazil

CCNH, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Santo André, SP, 09210‐580 Brazil

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First published: 20 December 2018
Cited by: 2
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Abstract

The hasty progress in smart, portable, flexible, and transparent integrated electronics and optoelectronics is currently one of the driving forces in nanoscience and nanotechnology. A promising approach is the combination of transparent conducting electrode materials (e.g., silver nanowires, AgNWs) and upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs). Here, electrochromic devices based on transparent nanocomposite films of poly(methyl methacrylate) and AgNWs covered by UCNPs of different sizes and compositions are developed. By combining the electrical control of the heat dissipation in AgNW networks with size‐dependent thermal properties of UCNPs, tunable electrochromic transparent devices covering a broad range of the chromatic diagrams are fabricated. As illustrative examples, devices mixing large‐sized (>70 nm) β‐NaYF4:Yb,Ln and small‐sized (<15 nm) NaGdF4:Yb,Ln@NaYF4 core@shell UCNPs (Ln = Tm, Er, Ce/Ho) are presented, permitting to monitor the temperature‐dependent emission of the particles by the intensity ratio of the Er3+ 2H11/2 and 4S3/24I15/2 emission lines, while externally controlling the current flow in the AgNW network. Moreover, by defining a new thermometric parameter involving the intensity ratio of transitions of large‐ and small‐sized UCNPs, a relative thermal sensitivity of 5.88% K−1 (at 339 K) is obtained, a sixfold improvement over the values reported so far.

Number of times cited according to CrossRef: 2

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