Publications by Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Strong coloration of nanoporous tungsten oxides by in-vacuo lithiation for all-solid-state electrochromic devices

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier, Anna Krammer, Maxime Lagier

Electrochromic windows allow for an improved management of solar heat gains in buildings and enhanced visual comfort of building users. All-solid-state electrochromic devices can be especially durable. During their fabrication lithium has to be inserted, p ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2021

Optical properties of in vacuo lithiated nanoporous WO3:Mo thin films as determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier, Maxime Lagier, Aurélien Bertinotti

Incorporation of Mo into pure WO3 thin films is of interest for electrochromic devices, as it improves colour neutrality in the dark state. Existing literature still lacks reliable quantitative data on the complex dielectric function of such coatings. In t ...

2021

Coatings with tailored electronic and optical properties for advanced glazing

Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Modern envelope glazing relies on nanoscale coatings to meet a range of specific needs. Low emissivity coatings can improve the thermal performance of glazing thanks to a thin metallic film. However, the conductive nature of this layer leads to an attenuat ...

EPFL2019

Evaluating the electricity saving potential of electrochromic glazing for cooling and lighting at the scale of the Swiss non-residential national building stock using a Monte Carlo model

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Novel electrochromic glazing technology has been identified as an emerging option for reducing cooling and lighting electricity demand. As this technology is particularly promising for office building we assess the related technical energy saving potential ...

2019

Color neutral nanocomposite nickel-tantalum oxide for electrochromic windows

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Electrochromic windows can darken on demand to limit the solar gains entering a building to reduce the risk of overheating, while preserving the view towards the exterior. Yet, the switching speed and contrast as well as the durability of commercial produc ...

IOP2019

Solar cooking potential in Switzerland: Nodal modelling and optimization

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Timothée Chatelain, Luc Burnier, Dasaraden Mauree, Samson Taylor, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

Solar cooking is one possible solution to reduce the domination of fossil fuel in the domestic sector and to benefit from renewable energy. This study assesses the solar cooking potential in Switzerland. A nodal model, based on energy balance equations of ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Box-type solar cooker

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Dasaraden Mauree, Alexandre Stéphane Charles Richard Dievart

Solar cooker with a core comprising at least one insulating wall and at least one window having a glazing on which is deposited a low-e coating, characterized by the fact that said window(s) is/are oriented along several directions ...

2018

Solar heat gains through train windows: a non-negligible contribution to the energy balance

Josef Andreas Schuler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

The sector of transportation accounts for about one third of the total energy consumption in Switzerland. A monitoring campaign of the energy consumption of a regional train revealed the critical energy-consuming systems. Heating, cooling and ventilation w ...

2018

Energy saving glazing with a wide band-pass FSS allowing mobile communication: up-scaling and characterisation

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

A real case study and characterisation of modern energy efficient windows allowing mobile communication is presented. An earlier study had shown that laser scribing of energy saving coatings allows highly reducing the microwave attenuation (from 30 to 1-3d ...

Inst Engineering Technology-Iet2017

Development and characterization of electrochromic oxide and ion conductor deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Djamel Eddine Mansour

In order to modulate the solar gains of a building, electrochromic windows can be used. To improve their durability, inorganic solid state electrolytes are considered. This work reports on the investigation of tungsten trioxide (WO3) and lithium phosphorou ...

Elsevier2017

Structured transparent low emissivity coatings with high microwave transmission

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

In order to reduce the energy consumption of buildings, modern windows include metal-containing coatings. These coatings strongly attenuate the microwaves used for mobile communications. Here, we present a novel approach to improve radio signal transmissio ...

Springer Verlag2017

Mobile communication through insulating windows: a new type of low emissivity coating

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

Building materials attenuate the microwaves used for telecommunication depending on their composition and thickness. Modern windows contain glass with a metallic coating. This might cause a low quality of cell phone reception inside some buildings. In orde ...

Elsevier2017

Study of Si doped VO2 thin films for solar thermal applications

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Anna Krammer

A new generation of smart solar thermal collectors is based on thermochromic thin film technology. Thermochromic absorber coatings change their optical properties with temperature, particularly in the infrared range. In order to prevent overheating, the co ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

In situ photoelectron spectroscopic characterization of reactively sputtered, doped vanadium oxide thin films

Rosendo Sanjines, Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Anna Krammer

Thin films of pure vanadium oxide (VOx) and Ge doped vanadium oxide (VOx:Ge) have been deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering on Si (100) substrates. These films were characterized by means of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ultraviolet ph ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

In situ core-level and valence-band photoelectron spectroscopy of reactively sputtered tungsten oxide films

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Anna Krammer

In this paper, we study tungsten oxides deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The total working pressure during deposition was varied in order to obtain different morphology. The effects on the electronic properties and chemical composition were stud ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Optical and structural analysis of sol-gel derived Cu-Co-Mn-Si oxides for black selective solar nanocomposite multilayered coatings

Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Pierre Loesch, Martin Python, Andreas Schueler, Thomas Gascou, Yannik Antonetti, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Martin Joly, Marina Aymara González Lazo

In this paper, we report the preparation of the precursor solutions for the deposition of Cu-Co-Mn-Si oxides by a sot-gel method in order to produce black selective coatings for CSP receiver tubes. Their optical properties were investigated by means of spe ...

Elsevier2015

Experimental Determination of Optical and Thermal Properties of Semi-transparent Photovoltaic Modules Based on Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Josef Andreas Schuler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Sara Vanzo

The demand for energy efficiency of buildings and on-site electricity production is rising. Building integrated photovoltaic can provide a part of the electricity demand. Many studies are related to the module efficiency. However, architectural integration ...

2015