Claes G. Granqvist

TL;DR: Anodic electrochromic (EC) oxides are of major interest as counter electrodes for smart window applications owing to their unique optical properties upon charge insertion and extraction as mentioned in this paper, however, p...

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that degraded electrochromic WO3 films can sustainably regain their initial performance through galvanostatic detrapping of Li(+) ions, and the rejuvenated films displayed degradation features similar to those of the as-prepared films, thus indicating that thedetrapping process is effectively reversible so that long-term performance degradation can be successfully avoided.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that cathodically coloring EC thin films of TiO2, which normally suffer from ion-trapping-induced degradation of charge capacity and optical modulation upon extensive electrochemical cycling, can recover their initial EC performance by a rejuvenation procedure involving Li(+) ion detrapping.

TL;DR: In this article, the fundamental information physical aspects of various types of control within Szilard's engine and Maxwell's demon were analyzed, and it was shown that the entropy production due to the necessary generation of information yield much greater energy dissipation than the energy Szilards engine is able to produce even if all sources of dissipation in these demons (due to measurement, decision, memory, etc.) are neglected.