Infrared-ray reflective film

• US 10,007,037 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Junichi, Ohmori, Yutaka, Watanabe, Masahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Mustak
• Application Number:
  US14/784,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20160047958A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,560 Days
• Field of Search: 359350, 359352, 359355, 359356, 359359-361, 359585, 427109, 427162, 428212, 428213, 428215, 428328, 428432, 428469, 428472, 428701, 428702, 25218233, 252582, 252587
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 15/04 comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or of a different material next to a bituminous or tarry layer B32B11/08; next to a water-setting substance layer B32B13/06; next to a glass layer B32B17/061; next to a cellulosic plastic layer B32B23/042
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2605/006 Transparent parts other than made from inorganic glass, e.g. polycarbonate glazings
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 9/00 Layered products comprising a layer of a particular substance not covered by groups B32B11/00 - B32B29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0875 the reflecting layers comprising two or more metallic layers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/208 for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/26 Reflecting filters G02B5/28 takes precedence

Abstract

An infrared-ray reflective film (100) of the present invention is configured by disposing an infrared reflective layer (20) and a transparent protective layer (30) on a transparent film backing (10) in this order. The infrared reflective layer (20) comprises: a first metal oxide layer (21); a metal layer (25) made of a silver alloy containing silver in an amount of 96 to 99.9 weight %; and a second metal oxide layer (22), which are arranged in this order from the side of the transparent film backing (10), wherein each of the first metal oxide layer (21) and the second metal oxide layer (22) is in direct contact with the metal layer (25). There is no metal layer between the transparent film backing (10) and the infrared reflective layer (20) and between the infrared reflective layer (20) and the transparent protective layer (30). Preferably, the infrared-ray reflective film of the present invention has a visible ray transmittance of 65% or more, a shading coefficient of less than 0.60, and a corrected emissivity as measured from the side of the transparent protective layer of 0.20 or less.

Claims

1. An infrared-ray reflective film comprising:

a transparent film backing;

an infrared reflective layer over the transparent film backing; and

a transparent protective layer over the infrared reflective layer, the transparent protective layer comprising polyolefin, alicyclic polymer, or rubber-based polymer in which a part or an entirety of double bonds contained therein is hydrogenated;

wherein;

the infrared-ray reflective film has a visible ray transmittance of 65% or more, a shading coefficient of less than 0.60, and a corrected emissivity as measured from the side of the transparent protective layer of 0.20 or less;

the infrared reflective layer comprises a first metal oxide layer, a single metal layer comprising at least 96% silver, and a second metal oxide layer, which are arranged in this order from the side of the transparent film backing, wherein each of the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer is in direct contact with the metal layer;

the transparent protective layer is 1 μ

m to 15 μ

m thick, the metal layer has a thickness of 5 nm to 50 nm; and

there is no metal layer between the transparent film backing and the infrared reflective layer and between the infrared reflective layer and the transparent protective layer.

2. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein the metal layer contains palladium in an amount of 0.1 weight % or more.

3. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer is a zinc oxide-containing, amorphous, composite metal oxide layer.

4. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer is a composite metal oxide layer selected from the group consisting of indium-zinc composite oxide, zinc-tin composite oxide, and indium-tin-zinc composite oxide.

5. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein a change in emissivity of the infrared-ray reflective film after being immersed in a 5 weight % sodium chloride aqueous solution at 50°

C., for 5 days, is 0.05 or less.

6. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein the transparent protective layer is a wet-coated organic material layer.

7. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first metal oxide layer or the second metal oxide layer has a thickness of 3 nm to 80 nm.

8. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein a total thickness of the first metal oxide layer, the metal layer and the second metal oxide layer is from 11 nm to 95 nm.

9. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein a total thickness of the first metal oxide film, the metal layer, the second metal oxide film and the transparent protective layer is from about 100 nm to about 400 nm.

10. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first metal oxide layer or the second metal oxide layer has a refractive index with respect to visible light of at least 1.5.

11. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 1, wherein the metal layer comprises a non-silver metal in an amount of 0.1 weight % or more.

12. An infrared-ray reflective film, comprising:

a transparent substrate;

an infrared reflective layer over the transparent substrate, the infrared reflective layer comprising;

a first metal oxide layer;

a single alloy layer over the first metal oxide layer, the alloy layer comprising at least 96% silver; and

a second metal oxide layer over the alloy layer; and

a transparent protective layer over the infrared reflective layer, the transparent protective layer comprising polyolefin, alicyclic polymer, or rubber-based polymer in which a part or an entirety of double bonds contained therein is hydrogenated,

wherein

the transparent protective layer is 1 μ

m to 15 μ

m thick, and the alloy layer has a thickness of 5 nm to 25 nm,

the first metal oxide layer is between the transparent substrate and the alloy or the second metal oxide layer is between the transparent substrate and the alloy layer,

the infrared-ray reflective film has a visible ray transmittance of at least 65%, and

the infrared-ray reflective film has a shading coefficient of less than 0.60.

13. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 12, wherein at least one of the first metal oxide layer or the second metal oxide layer has a thickness of 3 nm to 50 nm.

14. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 12, wherein a total thickness of the infrared reflective layer is from 11 nm to 90 nm.

15. The infrared-ray reflective film as recited in claim 14, wherein at least one of the first metal oxide layer or the second metal oxide layer is in direct contact with the alloy layer.