3D printed hydrogel for soft thermo-responsive smart window

Lei Chen; Guihui Duan; Ce Zhang; Ping Cheng; Zhaolong Wang

doi:10.1088/2631-7990/ac5ae3

Smart windows with tunable optical properties that respond to external environments are being developed to reduce energy consumption in buildings. In the present study, we introduce a new type of 3D printed hydrogel with amazing flexibility and stretchability (as large as 1500%), as well as tunable optical performance controlled by surrounding temperatures. The hydrogel on a PDMS substrate shows transparent-opaque transition with high solar modulation (∆T_sol) up to 79.332% around its lower critical solution temperature (LCST) while maintaining a high luminous transmittance (T_lum) of 85.847% at 20 ◦C. In addition, selective transparent-opaque transition above LCST can be achieved by patterned hydrogels which are precisely fabricated via a projection micro-stereolithography based 3D printing technique. Our hydrogel promises great potential applications for the next generation of soft smart windows.

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3D printed hydrogel for soft thermo-responsive smart window

doi: 10.1088/2631-7990/ac5ae3

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