公开(公告)号：US20090020157A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-22

申请号：US12149919

申请日：2008-05-09

申请人： Alexey Krasnov ,  Willem den Boer ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Leonard L. Boyer, JR.

发明人： Alexey Krasnov ,  Willem den Boer ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Leonard L. Boyer, JR.

IPC分类号： H01L31/00 ,  C23C14/00

CPC分类号： H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/02366 ,  H01L31/0322 ,  H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/03923 ,  H01L31/0749 ,  Y02E10/541 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A photovoltaic device including a rear electrode which may also function as a rear reflector. In certain example embodiments of this invention, the rear electrode includes a metallic based reflective film that is oxidation graded, so as to be more oxided closer to a rear substrate (e.g., glass substrate) supporting the electrode than at a location further from the rear substrate. In other words, the rear electrode is oxidation graded so as to be less oxided closer to a semiconductor absorber of the photovoltaic device than at a location further from the semiconductor absorber in certain example embodiments. In certain example embodiments, the interior surface of the rear substrate may optionally be textured so that the rear electrode deposited thereon is also textured so as to provide desirable electrical and reflective characteristics. In certain example embodiments, the rear electrode may be of or include Mo and/or MoOx, and may be sputter-deposited using a combination of MoOx and Mo sputtering targets.

摘要翻译： 一种光电器件，包括也可用作后反射器的后电极。 在本发明的某些示例性实施例中，后电极包括氧化分级的金属基反射膜，以便比支撑电极的后基板（例如，玻璃基板）更靠近后方的位置 基质。 换句话说，在某些示例性实施例中，后电极被氧化分级，以便比在远离半导体吸收器的位置更靠近光伏器件的半导体吸收器。 在某些示例性实施例中，后部衬底的内表面可以可选地被纹理化，使得沉积在其上的后电极也是纹理化的，以便提供期望的电和反射特性。 在某些示例性实施例中，后电极可以是Mo和/或MoO x，或者可以使用MoOx和Mo溅射靶的组合来溅射沉积。

公开(公告)号：US20080090718A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-17

申请号：US11581779

申请日：2006-10-17

申请人： Ksenia A. Landa ,  Leonid M. Landa ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Richard Hulme

发明人： Ksenia A. Landa ,  Leonid M. Landa ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Richard Hulme

IPC分类号： C03C3/095

CPC分类号： C03C3/095

摘要： Glass is provided so as to have high visible transmission and/or fairly clear or neutral color. In certain example embodiments, the glass includes a low amount of iron coupled with erbium (Er, including an oxide thereof) designed to provide a neutral color and high transmittance. In certain example embodiments, the amount of SO3 in the glass composition is increased in order to provide increased visible transmission, without sacrificing neutral color. The glass may optionally include a small amount of cobalt (Co, including an oxide thereof) in certain example instances.

摘要翻译： 提供玻璃以具有高可见透射和/或相当清晰或中性的颜色。 在某些示例性实施例中，玻璃包括与设计成提供中性和高透射率的铒（Er，包括其氧化物）结合的少量铁。 在某些示例性实施方案中，玻璃组合物中SO 3的量增加，以提供增加的可见透射率，而不牺牲中性色。 在某些示例中，玻璃可以任选地包括少量的钴（Co，包括其氧化物）。

公开(公告)号：US20080085827A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-10

申请号：US11543999

申请日：2006-10-06

申请人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Ksenia A. Landa ,  Richard Hulme ,  Leonid M. Landa ,  Leonid M. Landa

发明人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Ksenia A. Landa ,  Richard Hulme ,  Leonid M. Landa ,  Leonid M. Landa

IPC分类号： C03C3/102

CPC分类号： C03C3/095 ,  C03C1/004 ,  C03C4/02

摘要： Glass is provided so as to have high visible transmission and/or fairly clear or neutral color. In certain example embodiments, the clear glass includes a low amount of iron coupled with zinc oxide and/or erbium oxide in amounts designed to provide a neutral color. While the erbium oxide is used to provide for neutral color, the zinc oxide binds sulfur into whitish-colored zinc sulfide thereby reducing the amount of sulfur that binds/bonds with iron in the glass to form sulfides of iron which is/are brownish in color. Thus, the use of the zinc oxide helps make the glass more neutral in color. In certain example embodiments, the use of the erbium oxide brings the a* color value of the resulting glass closer to zero, whereas the use of the zinc oxide brings the b* value of the resulting glass closer to zero.

摘要翻译： 提供玻璃以具有高可见透射和/或相当清晰或中性的颜色。 在某些示例性实施例中，透明玻璃包括以设计成提供中性色的量的少量与氧化锌和/或氧化铒相结合的铁。 虽然氧化铒用于提供中性色素，但是氧化锌将硫结合成发白色的硫化锌，从而减少与玻璃中的铁结合/结合的硫的量，以形成棕色的铁的硫化物 。 因此，使用氧化锌有助于使玻璃的颜色更中性。 在某些示例性实施方案中，使用铒氧化物使所得玻璃的a *颜色值更接近于零，而使用氧化锌使所得玻璃的b *值更接近零。

公开(公告)号：US07267879B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-11

申请号：US10636918

申请日：2003-08-08

申请人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Anton Dietrich ,  Jose Nunez Regueiro

发明人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Anton Dietrich ,  Jose Nunez Regueiro

IPC分类号： B32B17/06

CPC分类号： C03C17/36 ,  C03C17/3618 ,  C03C17/3626 ,  C03C17/3639 ,  C03C17/3644 ,  C03C17/3652 ,  C03C17/366 ,  C03C17/3681 ,  C03C17/3694 ,  C03C2217/78 ,  C23C14/0015 ,  C23C14/0084 ,  C23C14/0652

摘要： A low-E coated article is provided, in certain example embodiments, with a layer including silicon oxynitride adjacent the glass substrate in order to improve chemical and/or mechanical durability of the coated article. In certain example embodiments, the coated article may be formed so as to have a fairly high visible transmission (TY or Tvis) to sheet resistance (Rs) ratio (i.e., a ratio Tvis/Rs). The higher this ratio, the better the coated article's combined functionality of providing for both good solar performance (e.g., ability to reflect and/or absorb IR radiation) and high visible transmission. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, architectural or residential monolithic window units, vehicle window units, and/or the like.

摘要翻译： 在某些示例性实施方案中，提供低E涂层制品，其中包含邻近玻璃基底的氮氧化硅层，以改善涂覆制品的化学和/或机械耐久性。 在某些示例性实施例中，涂覆制品可以形成为具有相当高的可见透射率（TY或T vis）与薄层电阻（R SUB）之比（即 ，比例比例）。 该比例越高，涂层制品提供良好的太阳能性能（例如，反射和/或吸收IR辐射的能力）和高可见透射率的组合功能越好。 本文中的涂层制品可用于中空玻璃（IG）窗单元，建筑或住宅单片窗单元，车窗单元等的上下文中。

公开(公告)号：US07217460B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-15

申请号：US10797561

申请日：2004-03-11

申请人： Jose Nunez-Regueiro ,  Anton Dietrich ,  Philip J. Lingle ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Hong Wang ,  Jean-Marc Lemmer ,  Nancy Bassett ,  Bryce Corsner

发明人： Jose Nunez-Regueiro ,  Anton Dietrich ,  Philip J. Lingle ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Hong Wang ,  Jean-Marc Lemmer ,  Nancy Bassett ,  Bryce Corsner

IPC分类号： B32B17/06

CPC分类号： C03C17/23 ,  C03C17/36 ,  C03C17/3618 ,  C03C17/3626 ,  C03C17/3639 ,  C03C17/3644 ,  C03C17/3652 ,  C03C17/366 ,  C03C2217/78 ,  Y10T428/2495 ,  Y10T428/24975

摘要： A coated article is provided which may be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) in certain instances. In certain example embodiments, an interlayer of or including a metal oxide such as tin oxide is provided under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer so as to be located between respective layers comprising silicon nitride and zinc oxide. It has been found that the use of such a tin oxide inclusive interlayer results in significantly improved mechanical durability, thermal stability and/or haze characteristics.

公开(公告)号：US07189458B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-13

申请号：US10999153

申请日：2004-11-30

申请人： Jose Ferreira ,  Jean-Marc Lemmer ,  Jens-Peter Müller ,  Scott V. Thomsen

发明人： Jose Ferreira ,  Jean-Marc Lemmer ,  Jens-Peter Müller ,  Scott V. Thomsen

IPC分类号： B32B17/06

CPC分类号： C03C17/36 ,  C03C17/3618 ,  C03C17/3626 ,  C03C17/3639 ,  C03C17/3644 ,  C03C17/3652 ,  C03C17/366 ,  C03C17/3681 ,  C03C2218/154 ,  Y10T428/23

摘要： A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) layer stack for use in a window unit or the like. The layer stack, or coating, may permit the coated article to achieve one or more of a fairly low solar factor (SF) value, a high selectivity (Tvis/SF) value, substantially neutral color at normal and/or off-axis viewing angles, and/or low emissivity. When high selectivity values are achieved, there is provided a high ratio of visible transmission to SF, which is a desirable feature in certain example instances. In certain example embodiments, a sub-oxide layer (e.g., NiCrOx) may be used as a contact layer under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer in order to permit low SF values, high selectivity, and good coloration to be achieved.

摘要翻译： 涂覆制品设置有用于窗单元等的低发射率（低E）层叠层。 层叠层或涂层可以允许涂覆制品实现一个或多个相当低的太阳能因子（SF）值，高选择性（T /σ/ SF）值，基本上中性的颜色 正常和/或离轴视角，和/或低发射率。 当实现高选择性值时，提供了高可见透射率与SF的比率，这在某些示例中是一个期望的特征。 在某些示例性实施例中，可以使用次氧化物层（例如，NiCrO x X）作为红外（IR）反射层下的接触层，以便允许低SF值，高选择性和 良好的着色要实现。

公开(公告)号：US07169722B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-30

申请号：US10667975

申请日：2003-09-23

申请人： Ksenia A. Landa ,  Leonid Landa ,  Richard Hulme ,  Scott V. Thomsen

发明人： Ksenia A. Landa ,  Leonid Landa ,  Richard Hulme ,  Scott V. Thomsen

IPC分类号： C03C3/087

CPC分类号： C03C3/095 ,  C03C3/087 ,  C03C4/02 ,  C03C4/085

摘要： A high transmittance fairly clear/neutral colored glass composition is provided. An oxidizing agent(s) such as cerium oxide (e.g., CeO2) or the like is added to the glass batch in order to realize very oxidized conditions (i.e., to significantly lower the redox of the resulting glass). As a result of the oxidizing agent(s) used in the batch, the iron is oxidized to a very low FeO (ferrous state) content. For example, this may result in a glass having a glass redox value of no greater than 0.12 (more preferably

公开(公告)号：US07150916B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-19

申请号：US10914635

申请日：2004-08-10

申请人： Jean-Marc Lemmer ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Jens-Peter Muller ,  Philip J. Lingle ,  Jose Ferreira

发明人： Jean-Marc Lemmer ,  Scott V. Thomsen ,  Jens-Peter Muller ,  Philip J. Lingle ,  Jose Ferreira

IPC分类号： B32B17/06

CPC分类号： C03C17/36 ,  B32B17/10036 ,  B32B17/10174 ,  B32B17/10761 ,  C03C17/3618 ,  C03C17/3626 ,  C03C17/3639 ,  C03C17/3644 ,  C03C17/3652 ,  C03C17/366 ,  C03C2217/78

摘要： A coated article is provided which may be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) and/or heat bent in certain example instances. In certain example embodiments, an interlayer of or including a metal oxide such as tin oxide is provided under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer so as to be located between respective layers of or including silicon nitride and zinc oxide. It has been found that the use of such a tin oxide inclusive interlayer results in significantly improved bendability of the coated article in applications such as vehicle windshields with deep bends. In certain example instances, an overcoat of a material such as zirconium oxide may also be provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种涂覆制品，其可以在某些示例情况下进行热处理（例如热回火）和/或热弯曲。 在某些示例性实施例中，在红外（IR）反射层下方设置或包含金属氧化物如氧化锡的中间层，以便位于氮化硅和氧化锌的相应层之间。 已经发现，使用这种含锡氧化物的中间层导致涂覆制品在诸如具有深弯曲的车辆挡风玻璃等应用中的弯曲性显着提高。 在某些实例中，还可以提供诸如氧化锆的材料的外涂层。

公开(公告)号：US06878404B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-12

申请号：US10359298

申请日：2003-02-06

申请人： Vijayen S. Veerasamy ,  Scott V. Thomsen

发明人： Vijayen S. Veerasamy ,  Scott V. Thomsen

IPC分类号： C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/22 ,  C23C16/26

CPC分类号： C23C14/0605 ,  C23C14/221 ,  Y10T428/30

摘要： Durability and/or longevity of a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer can be improved by varying the voltage and/or ion energy used to ion beam deposit the DLC layer. For example, a relatively low voltage may be used to ion beam deposit a first portion of the DLC layer on the substrate, and thereafter a second higher voltage(s) used to ion beam deposit a second higher density portion of the DLC layer over the first portion of the DLC layer. In such a manner, ion mixing at the bottom of the DLC layer can be reached, and the longevity and/or durability of the DLC improved.

摘要翻译： 可以通过改变用于离子束沉积DLC层的电压和/或离子能量来改善钻石状碳（DLC）层的耐久性和/或寿命。 例如，可以使用相对低的电压来离子束沉积衬底上的DLC层的第一部分，然后用于离子束的第二较高电压将DLC层的第二较高密度部分沉积在 DLC层的第一部分。 以这种方式，可以达到DLC层底部的离子混合，并且改善了DLC的寿命和/或耐久性。

公开(公告)号：US06444281B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-03

申请号：US09576904

申请日：2000-05-23

申请人： Yei-Ping H. Wang ,  Scott V. Thomsen

发明人： Yei-Ping H. Wang ,  Scott V. Thomsen

IPC分类号： E06B324

CPC分类号： E06B3/6612 ,  E06B3/66304 ,  Y02A30/25 ,  Y02B80/24 ,  Y10T428/231 ,  Y10T428/239

摘要： A vacuum insulating (IG) unit and method of making the same. A low pressure space is provided between opposing substrates. An edge sealing system includes at least first and second edge seals. A plurality of spacers or pillars are located at least partially between the first and second edge seals, in order to better control the gap or spacing between the two opposing substrates.

摘要翻译： 真空绝缘（IG）单元及其制造方法。 在相对的基板之间提供低压空间。 边缘密封系统至少包括第一和第二边缘密封。 多个间隔物或柱至少部分地位于第一和第二边缘密封之间，以便更好地控制两个相对的基底之间的间隙或间隔。