Member having photocatalytic activity and multilayered glass

• US 20070031681A1
• Filed: 06/10/2004
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Inaoka, Daisuke, Anzaki, Toshiaki, Kijima, Yoshifumi
• Application Number:
  US10/560,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20070031681A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/432
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3417 all coatings being oxide coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/71 Photocatalytic coatings

Abstract

A member having high photocatalytic activity and multiple glass using the member are provided.

A photocatalyst layer (TiO₂) is formed on the surface of a substrate (glass sheet) through the intermediary of a crystalline undercoat layer (ZrO₂), and no dead layer is substantially present between the photocatalyst layer and the undercoat layer. Also, provision of an amorphous layer between the substrate and the undercoat layer prevents peeling or defects between the photocatalyst layer and the substrate. In particular, by adjusting the thickness of each layer within a specific range, it is possible to obtain an article having a film configuration in which the optical feature of a reflection color, small variation of the reflectance, and a photocatalytic function are combined.

Claims

1. A member having a photocatalytic function comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a peel preventing layer, whose main component is selected from the group consisting of an oxide, an oxynitride and a nitride, said main component comprising at least one of silicon and tin, the peel preventing layer being provided on a surface of said transparent substrate;

a crystalline undercoat layer provided on said peel preventing layer; and

a photocatalyst layer provided on said crystalline undercoat layer,

wherein the thickness of said crystalline undercoat layer is 2 nm or more and 40 nm or less, and the thickness of said photocatalyst layer is 2 nm or more and 15 nm or less.

3. The member having a photocatalytic function according to claim 1, wherein said main component of said peel preventing layer is amorphous silicon oxide, said crystalline undercoat layer comprises zirconium oxide, and said photocatalyst layer comprises crystalline titanium oxide.

4. The member having a photocatalytic function according to claim 3, wherein said crystalline undercoat layer comprises monoclinic zirconium oxide crystals.

5. The member having a photocatalytic function according to claim 1, wherein a dead layer which is observed as a halo pattern in an electron diffraction image is not substantially present between said undercoat layer and said photocatalyst layer.

2. A member having a photocatalytic function comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a peel preventing layer, whose main component is selected from the group consisting of an oxide, an oxynitride and a nitride, said main component comprising at least one of silicon and tin, the peel preventing layer being provided on a surface of said transparent substrate;

a crystalline undercoat layer provided on said peel preventing layer; and

a photocatalyst layer provided on said crystalline undercoat layer,

wherein the thickness of said crystalline undercoat layer is 3 nm or more and 20 nm or less, and the thickness of said photocatalyst layer is 3 nm or more and 10 nm or less.

6. Multiple glass comprising an outdoor side glass sheet and an indoor side glass sheet arranged to face each other,

wherein on an outdoor side surface of said outdoor side glass sheet there is provided a peel preventing layer whose main component is selected from the group consisting of an oxide, an oxynitride and a nitride, said main component comprising at least one of silicon and tin, a crystalline undercoat layer having a thickness of 2 nm or more and 25 nm or less is provided on said peel preventing layer, a photocatalyst layer having a thickness of 2 nm or more and 15 nm or less is provided on said crystalline undercoat layer, and wherein a heat ray reflecting film is provided on an indoor side surface of said outdoor side glass sheet.

8. The multiple glass according to claim 6, wherein said main component of said peel preventing layer is amorphous silicon oxide, said crystalline undercoat layer comprises zirconium oxide, said photocatalyst layer comprises crystalline titanium oxide, and said heat ray reflecting film has a multilayered structure in which zinc oxide, silver, zinc oxide, silver and zinc oxide are laminated in order.

9. The multiple glass according to claim 8, wherein said crystalline undercoat layer comprises monoclinic zirconium oxide crystals.

10. The multiple glass according to claim 6, wherein a dead layer which is observed as a halo pattern in an electron diffraction image is not substantially present between said undercoat layer and said photocatalyst layer.

7. Multiple glass comprising an outdoor side glass sheet and an indoor side glass sheet arranged to face each other,

wherein on an outdoor side surface of said outdoor side glass sheet there is provided a peel preventing layer whose main component is selected from the group consisting of an oxide, an oxynitride and a nitride, said main component comprising at least one of silicon and tin, a crystalline undercoat layer having a thickness of 3 nm or more and 5 nm or less is provided on said peel preventing layer, a photocatalyst layer having a thickness of 3 nm or more and 5 nm or less is provided on said crystalline undercoat layer, and wherein a heat ray reflecting film is provided on an indoor side surface of said outdoor side glass sheet.