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Solar mirrors and methods of making solar mirrors having improved properties

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OSTI ID:1924993
An article for reflecting solar energy includes a coating stack having solar reflecting films and metal oxide films, the coating stack applied on a major surface of a glass substrate, and a protective overcoat comprising a first and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the protective overcoat is disposed toward the solar reflective films and metal oxide films; and a polymer encapsulant over outer wall surfaces of the coating stack, the second surface of the protective overcoat and over peripheral edges of the coated article, the encapsulant having a base layer, a top layer and metallic corrosion-inhibitive material in the base layer.
Research Organization:
Vitro Flat Glass, LLC, Cheswick, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-08GO18033
Assignee:
Vitro Flat Glass LLC (Cheswick, PA)
Patent Number(s):
11,415,730
Application Number:
16/939,795
OSTI ID:
1924993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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