SEMIINTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT LIGHT TRANSMISSION - A NEW SMART MATERIAL FOR SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

Authors
ECK W WILSON HR CANTOW HJ
Citation
W. Eck et al., SEMIINTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT LIGHT TRANSMISSION - A NEW SMART MATERIAL FOR SOLAR TECHNOLOGY, Advanced materials, 7(9), 1995, pp. 800
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
7
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1995)7:9<800:SPNWTL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Communication: The protection of solar energy collecting technology ag ainst overheating can be achieved using the co-polymer reported here. In the form of a semi-interpenetrating polymer network, the co-polymer demixes when the temperature rises above a certain value (which can b e tuned between 30 and 150 degrees C by adjusting the ratio of the rep eat units of the components). In the phase-separated state the light t ransmission of the material is reduced significantly by backward light scattering.