Claims
- 1. A method for the manufacture of an electrochromic system using a nanoporous-nanocrystalline film comprising a semiconducting metallic oxide having a redox chromophore adsorbed thereto, wherein the redox chromophore comprises a compound of the formula
- 2. A method for the manufacture of an electrochromic system using a nanoporous-nanocrystalline film comprising a semiconducting metallic oxide having a redox chromophore adsorbed thereto, wherein the redox chromophore comprises a compound of the formula
- 3. A method for the manufacture of an electrochromic system using a nanoporous-nanocrystalline film comprising a semiconducting metallic oxide having a redox chromophore adsorbed thereto, wherein the redox chromophore comprises a compound of the formula
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein m is 1 or 2 and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.
- 5. The method of claim 3, wherein R1 is
- 6. The method of claim 3, wherein m is 1 or 2 and n is an integer of from 1 to 5, and wherein R1 is
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the metallic oxide of the nanoporous-nanocrystalline film is an oxide of a metal selected from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, silver, zinc, strontium, iron (Fe2+ and Fe3+) and nickel and perovskites thereof, preferably TiO2, WO3, MoO3, ZnO or SnO2.
- 8. The method of claim 2, wherein the metallic oxide of the nanoporous-nanocrystalline film is an oxide of a metal selected from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, silver, zinc, strontium, iron (Fe2+ and Fe3+) and nickel and perovskites thereof, preferably TiO2, WO3, MoO3, ZnO or SnO2.
- 9. The method of claim 3, wherein the metallic oxide of the nanoporous-nanocrystalline film is an oxide of a metal selected from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, silver, zinc, strontium, iron (Fe2+ and Fe3+) and nickel and perovskites thereof, preferably TiO2, WO3, MoO3, ZnO or SnO2.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/952,867, filed Sep. 12, 2001, which is a continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 6,301,038, issued Oct. 9, 2001, which was based on a International application no. PCT/IE98/00008, with an international filing date Feb. 6, 1998, having a priority based on Irish patent application no. S970082, filed Feb. 6, 1997.
Divisions (1)
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