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Title: Solar mirrors and methods of making solar mirrors having improved properties

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1805608
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A solar reflective mirror includes a parting film between solar reflecting sublayers to improve optics and stability of the solar mirror. The coating stack of the solar reflector mirror is encapsulated to increase the useable life of the solar mirror, and to eliminate the need for a permanent protection overcoat. Omission of the PPO film which is electrically non-conductive makes the coating stack electrically conductive eliminating the need for a two layer encapsulant when the encapsulant is e-coated.Another feature of the invention is applying the base coat of the encapsulant over the marginal edges of the PPO film leaving a center section without coverage and adding the top coating of the encapsulant over the base coat and the uncoated area.

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):
10,942,302
Application Number:
15/208,778
OSTI ID:
1805608
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 07/13/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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