Ultrathin Glass for the Photovoltaic Applications

Abstract

Chemically strengthened ultrathin glass with a thickness of less than 1 mm has many advantages, such as flexibility, smooth surface, good transmittance, excellent gas and water barrier, much higher toughened in relations to thermally tempered glass, higher impact resistance, increased corrosion resistance and much higher abrasion rate. Chemical strengthening process is a process where an ion exchange occurs by diffusion between the glass panes and the brine solution bath. The deeper penetration of the glass surface by ions contained in the brine bath contributes to the hardness of the glass sheets, which reduces the occurrence of surface defects that cause reflections. From the point of view of photovoltaic applications ultrathin glass significantly reduces the weight of the whole photovoltaic panel structure with respect to known solutions. Furthermore, the reduction of the glass thickness increases the transmission of solar energy in the visible range directly through the glass. In addition, chemical tempered glass has a lower reflectance of light from the surface than the thermally tempered glass. What is more, ultrathin glass is perfect substrate for deposition of nanomaterials, i.e. conductive films or quantum dots.In this work we demonstrate that chemically strengthened ultrathin glass is a perfect material for the photovoltaic applications, i.e. as a substrate for deposition of thin layers and for the design of photovoltaic modules of reduced weight.

Compositional Effects on Indentation Mechanical Properties of Chemically Strengthened TiO2-Doped Soda Lime Silicate Glasses

“…Thermal strengthening is dominating but is less suitable for thin glass (i.e., below 2 mm) whereas chemical strengthening (hereinafter called CS) has reached wide market success, especially for electronic handheld devices [5], pharmaceutical autoinjectors [8], aircraft windshields [8] and high-speed trains [9]. However, CS has also found applications in other market segments, e.g., photovoltaics [10][11][12], automotive [13], wine glasses (e.g., the Stem Zero collection from Nude Glass), architectural applications [14] and flexible photonics [15].…”

Room‐temperature bonding method of bioactive ultrathin glass film on titanium by a dissolution‐polymerization reaction

“…Freestanding ultrathin glasses with the thickness of micrometers have been paid much attention in recent years due to their outstanding characteristics in terms of flexibility, transparency, surface smoothness, gas barrier capability, and so on. 15,16 It possesses high potential for applications such as electronics, vehicles, lighting, and so on. [17][18][19] Their application of ultrathin glass is still in the category for manufacturing electronic devices and products.…”

Development of a non-perennial to ephemeral fluvial system in continental fault-bounded basin – an example from the early Permian Krajanów Formation of the Intra-Sudetic Basin (NE Bohemian Massif)

“…It has been widely con sid ered that some of these faults were ac tive dur ing infill ing of the ba sin as well as con trol ling the intra-basinal mag matic ac tiv ity dur ing the Car bon if er ous-Perm ian (Augustyniak and Grocholski, 1968;Awdan kiewicz, 2022). De pos its of the Krajanów For ma tion have been de scribed in geo log i cal re ports (Dziedzic, 1959(Dziedzic, , 1961Don, 1961) and shown on de tailed geo log i cal maps since the early 20th cen tury (Dathe, 1904a, b;Wójcik, 1958;Gawroñski, 1959;Krechowicz, 1964;Krechowicz and Kisielewski, 1965;Cymerman et al, 2015a;Ihnatowicz et al, 2017a). Re gional in ves ti ga tions and ex pla na tions to geo log i cal maps in ter preted these de pos its typi cally as flu vial in or i gin (Don, 1961;Dziedzic, 1961;Krechowicz, 1965;Oberc and Wójcik, 1965;Krechowicz and Berezowska, 1968;Cymerman et al, 2015b;Ihnatowicz et al, 2017b).…”

“…De pos its of the Krajanów For ma tion have been de scribed in geo log i cal re ports (Dziedzic, 1959(Dziedzic, , 1961Don, 1961) and shown on de tailed geo log i cal maps since the early 20th cen tury (Dathe, 1904a, b;Wójcik, 1958;Gawroñski, 1959;Krechowicz, 1964;Krechowicz and Kisielewski, 1965;Cymerman et al, 2015a;Ihnatowicz et al, 2017a). Re gional in ves ti ga tions and ex pla na tions to geo log i cal maps in ter preted these de pos its typi cally as flu vial in or i gin (Don, 1961;Dziedzic, 1961;Krechowicz, 1965;Oberc and Wójcik, 1965;Krechowicz and Berezowska, 1968;Cymerman et al, 2015b;Ihnatowicz et al, 2017b). One of the ex po sures ana lysed in this pa per (loc.…”