NexTint

Low Cost Organic Electrochromic Materials. Building designers are incorporating more glass in buildings for aesthetic beauty and daylighting. This decreases insulation, requiring costly additions such as triple-pane glass, reflective coatings, blinds, shades and/or larger chillers. Electrochromic windows that dynamically tint in response to an electrical impulse are a solution with superior energy-efficiency without compromising on aesthetics or active control. We propose to develop a scalable, low-cost solution based on stable, organic electrochromic materials with switching speeds (< 1 s) and transmission specifications that are superior to industry-leading electrochromics. Our ultimate objective is to not only disrupt the existing $89M smart glass market but to enable electrochromic glass to improve building energy efficiency with a more significant share of the $11B flat glass market. Ideally, we can also develop retrofit solutions to access another ~$100B market.