Thin film coatings with variable emittance

Anna-Lena Larsson; Gunnar A. Niklasson; Lars Stenmark

doi:10.1117/12.360119

7 September 1999 Thin film coatings with variable emittance

Anna-Lena Larsson, Gunnar A. Niklasson, Lars Stenmark

Proceedings Volume 3738, Advances in Optical Interference Coatings; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360119
Event: Optical Systems Design and Production, 1999, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

The temperature of a nanosatellite in orbit varies strongly as it goes into earth shadow or solar radiation. A variable emittance panel built with an electrochromic material, could improve the temperature control by providing an adaptive thermal control. The active function is due to an electrochromic layer, WO₃, deposited by sputtering. Intercalation of Li⁺ leads to a change in the electron configuration, which modulates the radiation properties. Thin WO₃ films were deposited onto Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coated glass by reactive dc sputtering. IR measurements were done in a Perkin-Elmer 983 spectrophotometer. The IR emittance modulation, (Delta) (epsilon) of WO₃ films, deposited on ITO coated glass, has been investigated. The emittance, (epsilon) , is computed from the reflectance, at 25 degrees C. Initial results show emittances in the range from 0.2 to 0.5 crystalline film has (Delta) (epsilon) equals 0.12, and the amorphous film has (Delta) (epsilon) equals 0.3. IR properties of WO₃ need to be further investigated as well as the construction of a whole device.

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Anna-Lena Larsson, Gunnar A. Niklasson, and Lars Stenmark "Thin film coatings with variable emittance", Proc. SPIE 3738, Advances in Optical Interference Coatings, (7 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360119

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