REVERSIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL MIRROR,申请号CA19982313320-传众专利搜索

REVERSIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL MIRROR

申请公布号：CA2313320(C)

申请号：CA19982313320

申请日期：1998.12.15

申请公布日期：2003.09.02

申请人：

ROCKWELL SCIENCE CENTER, LLC

发明人：WARREN, LESLIE F., JR.;TENCH, D. MORGAN

分类号：G02F1/15;G02F1/153;G02F1/155;(IPC1-7):G02F1/15

主分类号：G02F1/15

摘要：An electrochemical mirror includes a transparent first electrode (106) and a second electrode (110) distributed in localized areas. An electrolytic solution (112) is disposed between the first and second electrodes and contains ions (116) of a metal which can electrodeposit on the first and second electrodes. A negative electrical potential (118) applied to the firs t electrode causes deposited metal to be dissolved from the second electrode into the electrolytic solution and to be electrodeposited from the solution onto the first electrode, thereby affecting the propagation of electromagnet ic radiation through the mirror. A surface modification layer (108) applied to the first electrode ensures that the electrodeposit is substantially uniform , resulting in a mirror layer which increases the reflectivity of the mirror. Conversely, a positive electrical potential (118) applied to the first electrode causes deposited metal to be dissolved from the first electrode an d electrodeposited from the solution onto the second electrode, thereby increasing the transmissivity of the mirror.