Magnetron Sputtering Vapor Deposition Coating Composition Comprising Light Absorptive Materials
AssigneeVitro Flat Glass LLC
InventorsZhixun Ma, Adam D. Polcyn, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy
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Abstract
A coated article includes a substrate and a metal functional layer over at least a portion of the substrate. The metal functional layer includes a metal alloy, a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal oxynitride, or molybdenum. Another coated article includes a glass substrate and a coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a dielectric layer, a metal functional layer, and a protective layer. The present invention also provides an insulating glass unit and methods of making a coated article.
Claims20
A coated article comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a metal functional layer over at least a portion of the substrate;
- wherein the metal functional layer comprises:
- a metal alloy selected from the group consisting of a silicon aluminum alloy, a silicon cobalt alloy, a niobium tungsten alloy, and a titanium tungsten alloy, or a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of cobalt oxide, cobalt iron oxide, cobalt chromium oxide, cobalt iron chromium oxide, cobalt copper oxide, cobalt aluminum chromium oxide, and cobalt aluminum iron oxide, or a metal nitride selected from the group consisting of cobalt nitride, cobalt iron nitride, cobalt chromium nitride, cobalt iron chromium nitride, cobalt copper nitride, cobalt aluminum chromium nitride, and cobalt aluminum iron nitride, or a metal oxynitride selected from the group consisting of cobalt oxynitride, cobalt iron oxynitride, cobalt chromium oxynitride, cobalt iron chromium oxynitride, cobalt copper oxynitride, cobalt aluminum chromium oxynitride, and cobalt aluminum iron oxynitride, or molybdenum.
A coated article comprising:
- a glass substrate;
- and
- a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, the coating comprising:
- a dielectric layer over the substrate;
- a metal functional layer;
- and
- a protective layer over the metal functional layer;
- wherein the metal functional layer comprises a metal alloy selected from the group consisting of a silicon aluminum alloy, a silicon cobalt alloy, a niobium tungsten alloy, and a titanium tungsten alloy, or a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of cobalt oxide, cobalt iron oxide, cobalt chromium oxide, cobalt iron chromium oxide, cobalt copper oxide, cobalt aluminum chromium oxide, cobalt aluminum iron oxide, and zinc iron chromium oxide, or a metal nitride selected from the group consisting of cobalt nitride, cobalt iron nitride, cobalt chromium nitride, cobalt iron chromium nitride, cobalt copper nitride, cobalt aluminum chromium nitride, cobalt aluminum iron nitride, and zinc iron chromium nitride, or a metal oxynitride selected from the group consisting of cobalt oxynitride, cobalt iron oxynitride, cobalt chromium oxynitride, cobalt iron chromium oxynitride, cobalt copper oxynitride, cobalt aluminum chromium oxynitride, cobalt aluminum iron oxynitride, and zinc iron chromium oxynitride, or molybdenum.
A method of making a coated article, comprising:
- providing a substrate;
- and
- forming a metal functional layer over at least a portion of the substrate;
- wherein the metal functional layer comprises a metal alloy selected from the group consisting of a silicon aluminum alloy, a silicon cobalt alloy, a niobium tungsten alloy, and a titanium tungsten alloy, or a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of cobalt oxide, cobalt iron oxide, cobalt chromium oxide, cobalt iron chromium oxide, cobalt copper oxide, cobalt aluminum chromium oxide, cobalt aluminum iron oxide, and zinc iron chromium oxide, or a metal nitride selected from the group consisting of cobalt nitride, cobalt iron nitride, cobalt chromium nitride, cobalt iron chromium nitride, cobalt copper nitride, cobalt aluminum chromium nitride, cobalt aluminum iron nitride, and zinc iron chromium nitride, or a metal oxynitride selected from the group consisting of cobalt oxynitride, cobalt iron oxynitride, cobalt chromium oxynitride, cobalt iron chromium oxynitride, cobalt copper oxynitride, cobalt aluminum chromium oxynitride, cobalt aluminum iron oxynitride, and zinc iron chromium oxynitride, or molybdenum;
- and
- wherein the metal functional layer is formed by a process comprising depositing, by a magnetron sputtering vapor deposition method, the metal alloy, metal oxide, metal nitride, metal oxynitride, or molybdenum.
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