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Title: Infrared fluorescent coatings

Abstract

The present invention provides for a composition comprising a pigment, wherein the composition is suitable for coating a surface that is, or is expected to be, exposed to the sun. The pigment comprises particles that fluoresce in sunlight, thereby remaining cooler in the sun than coatings pigmented with non-fluorescent particles. The particles comprise solids that fluoresce or glow in the visible or near infrared (NIR) spectra, or that fluoresce when doped. Suitable dopants include, but are not limited to, ions of rare earths and transition metals. A coating composition includes: (i) a film-forming resin; (ii) an infrared reflective pigment; and (iii) an infrared fluorescent pigment different from the infrared reflective pigment. When the coating composition is cured to form a coating and exposed to radiation comprising fluorescence-exciting radiation, the coating has a greater effective solar reflectance (ESR) compared to the same coating exposed to the radiation comprising fluorescence-exciting radiation except without the infrared fluorescent pigment. A multi-layer coating including the coating composition, and a substrate at least partially coated with the coating composition is also disclosed. A method of reducing temperature of an article includes applying the coating composition to at least a portion of the article.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1987138
Patent Number(s):
11584860
Application Number:
17/162,284
Assignee:
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, OH); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; EE0006347
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/29/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Zalich, Michael Andrew, Baxter, Michael F., Berdahl, Paul H., Hellring, Stuart D., and Stalker, Jeffrey Lynn. Infrared fluorescent coatings. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Zalich, Michael Andrew, Baxter, Michael F., Berdahl, Paul H., Hellring, Stuart D., & Stalker, Jeffrey Lynn. Infrared fluorescent coatings. United States.
Zalich, Michael Andrew, Baxter, Michael F., Berdahl, Paul H., Hellring, Stuart D., and Stalker, Jeffrey Lynn. Tue . "Infrared fluorescent coatings". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1987138.
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