Low Cost Electrochromic Film for Architectural, Automotive and Wearable Applications (Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2015)

• Review state of the art of Smart Window Technology

• Overview of fast switching solution processed electrochromic film technology developed by Argil

• Architectural, automotive and wearable applications for Argil electrochromic film

Damoder Reddy, Founder and CEO of Argil, Inc., is a serial entrepreneur who also founded Solexant, a printed nanocrystal thin film solar cell company and Nuelight, a mixed signal IC developer for AMOLED displays. He was COO of Opsys, an OLED materials/devices developer and COO of Lite Array, a china based TFEL display manufacturer. He held technical management roles at Raychem on Polymer dispersed liquid crystals, Rockwell on optical thin films, and Dow Chemical on thin film membranes. He obtained his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Osmania University (India) and postdoctoral researcher at University of Denver and Princeton.

Argil, Inc. is a Silicon Valley based start-up developing printed electrochromic devices on flexible substrates for wearable, automotive and architectural applications.

Argil plans to make and sell flexible switchable electrochromic film for (1) for wearable devices such as adjustable tint eyewear, goggles and visors, (2) laminated glass for automotive dynamic glazing, and (3) insulated glass (IG) for architectural applications.