title: Dual-Phase Transformation: Spontaneous Self-Template Surface-Patterning Strategy for Ultra-transparent VO2Solar Modulating Coatings.
abstract: Dual-phase transformation has been developed as a template-free surface patterning technique in this study. Ordered VO2honeycomb structures with a complex hierarchy have been fabricated via this method, and the microstructures of the obtained VO2(M) coatings are tunable by tailoring the pertinent variables. The VO2(M) honeycomb-structured coatings have excellent visible light transmittance at 700 nm (Tvis) up to 95.4% with decent solar modulating ability (ΔTsol) of 5.5%, creating the potential as ultratransparent smart solar modulating coatings. Its excellent performance has been confirmed by a proof-of-principle demonstration. The dual-phase transformation technique has dramatically simplified the conventional colloidal lithography technique as a scalable surface patterning technique for achieving high-performance metal oxide coatings with diverse applications, such as catalysis, sensing, optics, electronics, and superwettable materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Minsu
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0787-1725
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7122-6694
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Yusuf V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Kaneti
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444, China.
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444, China.
authors.forename: Yanfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4579-728X
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Xuchuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Aibing
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yu
keywords: self-assembly; solar-modulating coating; surface patterning; template-free; vanadium oxide