Invention Application
- Patent Title: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METAL FILMS
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Application No.: US17628627Application Date: 2020-07-08
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Publication No.: US20220275972A1Publication Date: 2022-09-01
- Inventor: Zhi ZHAO , Chao WANG , Yu YAO
- Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US AZ Scottsdale
- Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Scottsdale
- International Application: PCT/US2020/041250 WO 20200708
- Main IPC: F24S23/70
- IPC: F24S23/70 ; G02B5/08 ; G02B1/12

Abstract:
Reflectors for concentrated solar power as well as systems and methods for additively manufacturing the reflectors is provided. The disclosed method can directly print metal films from an aqueous precursor solution onto a substrate with little to no post-fabrication treatment to achieve highly reflective surfaces with low surface roughness. The method provides precise control to form a metal film having an RMS surface roughness of about 2 to about 5 nm and a relative reflectivity of about 90% to about 96% at 550 nm on a substrate having an area of at least 1 square meter.
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