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Title: Electrocurtain coating process for coating solar mirrors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176513

An electrically conductive protective coating or film is provided over the surface of a reflective coating of a solar mirror by flowing or directing a cation containing liquid and an anion containing liquid onto the conductive surface. The cation and the anion containing liquids are spaced from, and preferably out of contact with one another on the surface of the reflective coating as an electric current is moved through the anion containing liquid, the conductive surface between the liquids and the cation containing liquid to coat the conductive surface with the electrically conductive coating.

Research Organization:
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-08GO18033
Assignee:
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
Patent Number(s):
8,557,099
Application Number:
12/911,189
OSTI ID:
1176513
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Oct 25
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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