A dual-responsive tunable emitter for high-performance thermal camouflage

Feifei Ren; Huan Guan; Kang Han; Jinxin Gu; Xi Chen; Chengdong Tao; Song Zhao; Shuliang Dou; Yao Li

doi:10.1039/d5tc03338a

A dual-responsive tunable emitter for high-performance thermal camouflage

Feifei Ren
, Huan Guan^*
, Kang Han
, Jinxin Gu
, Xi Chen
, Chengdong Tao
, Song Zhao
, Shuliang Dou^*
, Yao Li^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Astronautics

Suzhou Laboratory
Harbin Institute of Technology
Wuhan University of Technology
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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The precise manipulation of thermal radiation in adaptive infrared thermal camouflage has emerged as a notable challenge, attracting widespread attention in both commercial and military applications. Here, we report a high-performance, dual-responsive device based on a VO₂/SiO₂/ITO multilayer structure for thermal camouflage. This device exhibits a maximum modulation capability of 0.61 in thermal emittance, with robust stability over 3000 cycles. Theoretical simulations reveal that its exceptional infrared emittance regulation originates from the Fabry–Pérot resonance within the VO₂/SiO₂/ITO configuration. Battery thermal-camouflage experiments validate flexible infrared camouflage performance of the device under thermal-, electric-, and integrated-responsive modes. This dual-responsive design demonstrates promising potential in artificial infrared camouflage, thermal cloaking, and advanced thermo-optical systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2532-2538
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tc03338a
State	Published - 12 Feb 2026

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