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Electrochromic element, optical filter, lens unit, image pickup apparatus, and window member

US12078905B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2020
Grant dateSep 3, 2024
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B11/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

As an example of an EC element in which vertical color separation is suppressed, the present disclosure provides an EC element including a pair of electrodes, a solvent, an anodic EC compound, and a cathodic EC compound. In the EC element, the difference between a solvation free energy of an oxidized form of the anodic EC compound in water and a solvation free energy of the oxidized form in octanol is 35 kcal/mol or more, and the cathodic EC compound has a substituent containing any one element selected from halogens, sulfur, boron, phosphorus, and silicon.

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