Low iron high transmission float glass for solar cell applications and method of making same
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C03C-003/087
C03C-003/076
C03C-003/095
출원번호
UP-0581784
(2006-10-17)
등록번호
US-7557053
(2009-07-15)
발명자
/ 주소
Thomsen, Scott V.
Hulme, Richard
Landa, Leonid M.
Landa, Ksenia A.
출원인 / 주소
Guardian Industries Corp.
대리인 / 주소
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
30인용 특허 :
20
초록▼
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a high transmission low iron glass, which is highly oxidized and made using the float process, for use in photovoltaic devices such as solar cells or the like. In certain example embodiments, the glass composition used for the glass is made via
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a high transmission low iron glass, which is highly oxidized and made using the float process, for use in photovoltaic devices such as solar cells or the like. In certain example embodiments, the glass composition used for the glass is made via the float process using an extremely high and positive batch redox in order to reduce % FeO to a low level and permit the glass to consistently realize a combination of high visible transmission (Lta or Tvis), high infrared (IR) transmission, and high total solar (TS) transmission. The glass substrate may be patterned or not patterned in different example embodiments of this invention.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method of making glass comprising: melting ingredients to provide a glass melt in forming a glass comprising: Ingredient wt. % SiO2 67-75% Na2O 10-20% CaO 5-15% total iron (expressed as Fe2O3) 0.001 to 0.1% % FeO 0 to 0.005 wherei
What is claimed is: 1. A method of making glass comprising: melting ingredients to provide a glass melt in forming a glass comprising: Ingredient wt. % SiO2 67-75% Na2O 10-20% CaO 5-15% total iron (expressed as Fe2O3) 0.001 to 0.1% % FeO 0 to 0.005 wherein the glass has visible transmission of at least about 90%, a transmissive a* color value of-1.0 to +1.0, a transmissive b* color value of from-0.50 to +1.5, % TS of at least 89.5%, and wherein the method further comprises: using a batch redox of from +26 to +40 for the glass melt when making said glass. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the batch redox is from +27 to +35. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the batch redox is from +28 to +33. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass comprises: % FeO <= 0.004% glass redox <= 0.06 IR transmission (% IR) >= 90%. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises using materials sufficient in the batch used in making the glass so that the glass comprises at least 0.27% SO3. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the glass comprises from 0.30 to 0.50% SO3. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the glass comprises at least 0.32% SO3. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass substrate has a % TS of at least 90%, and comprises: % FeO <= 0.004% glass redox <= 0.06. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass substrate contains no more than 2 ppm of at least two of erbium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, neodymium oxide, chromium oxide, and selenium. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass substrate contains no more than 2 ppm of at least four of erbium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, neodymium oxide, chromium oxide, and selenium. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass substrate contains no more than 2 ppm of at least five of erbium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, neodymium oxide, chromium oxide, and selenium. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass substrate contains no more than 2 ppm of each of erbium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, neodymium oxide, chromium oxide, and selenium. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass contains from 0 to 0.07% cerium oxide. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass contains from 0 to 0.05% cerium oxide. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass contains from 0 to less than 0.01% antimony oxide.
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