Patent ID: 6323988
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
An electrochromic assembly comprising one or more layers, wherein one layer is an electrically conductive electrochromic polydioxythiophene and a further ion-storage layer is one or more ion-storage compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds having the formulasMe.sup.1 O (I), Me.sup.1 O.sub.X (II), M.sub.X Me.sup.1 O (III), M.sub.X Me.sup.1 O.sub.2 (IV), M.sub.x Me.sup.1 O.sub.y (V), Me.sup.2 O.sub.3 (VI), M.sub.X Me.sup.2 O.sub.3 (VII) M.sub.X Me.sup.2.sub.(1-x) Me.sup.2.sub.X O.sub.3 (VIII), Me.sup.1 (OH).sub.2 (IX), Me.sup.1 O(OH) (X), MMe.sup.1 O.sub.2 (XI), Me.sup.1 O.sub.2 (XII), Me.sup.1.sub.2 O.sub.3 (XIII), and Me.sup.1.sub.2 O.sub.3.H.sub.2 O (XIV),whereinMe.sup.1 and Me.sup.2 each represent a metal of transition group VI or VIII of the Mendeleev Periodic Table,M represents a metal of main group I of the Mendeleev Periodic Table or a proton,x represents a number from 0.001 to 5, andy represents a number from 0.001 to 5.