Durability improvement of Ag-based low-emissivity coatings

Durability of doped zinc oxide/silver/doped zinc oxide low emissivity coatings in humid environment

“…We reported that the sputtered zinc oxide films in the layer structure of zinc oxide/silver/zinc oxide had a crystalline form with a hexagonal ZnO (002) diffraction peak [3][4][5]. Also we reported that the sputtered aluminum doped zinc oxide films in the same triple layer structure had the same crystalline form in a low doping range of 0-10 at.% [6].…”

“…We [4,5] reported that durability of the low-e coating in humid environment was improved by depositing the top zinc oxide layer at a higher pressure or adopting the aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) layer as the top oxide layer in order to reduce the internal stress of the layer.…”

Nanocoatings for architectural glass

“…Two types of coatings are used for the following practical applications: 3,4,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] • low-e coatings for reduction of heat losses through the glazing due to refl ection of long-wavelength IR radiation back into the building interior; • low-e solar control coatings for the elimination of solar gains due to the refl ection of the near IR part of solar radiation into the exterior.…”

Effects of different wetting layers on the growth of smooth ultra-thin silver thin films

“…To achieve these two goals, the metal layers must be continuous, without any droplets, to avoid scattering. Ag, Cu, Au and Al all exhibit high IR reflectance, but Ag is probably the best choice for the metal layer because of its relatively low absorption in the visible spectrum [5,11,12].…”