Glazing provided with a stack of thin layers acting on solar radiation

• US 20020192473A1
• Filed: 03/12/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Gentilhomme, Carole, Coustet, Valerie
• Application Number:
  US10/094,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20020192473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/432
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3435 comprising a nitride, oxynitride, boronitride or carbonitride
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/36 at least one coating being a metal
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3613 Coatings of type glass/inorganic compound/metal/inorganic compound/metal/other
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3618 Coatings of type glass/inorganic compound/other inorganic layers, at least one layer being metallic
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3626 one layer at least containing a nitride, oxynitride, boronitride or carbonitride
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3649 made of metals other than silver
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/366 Low-emissivity or solar control coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3681 the multilayer coating being used in glazing, e.g. windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/734 comprising an alternation of high and low refractive indexes
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/78 Coatings specially designed to be durable, e.g. scratch-resistant
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24975 No layer or component greater than 5 mils thick

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate provided with a stack of thin layers acting on solar radiation, the stack including a functional layer made of metal (Nb, Ta, Zr) or the nitride of this metal, and an overlayer made of aluminum nitride or oxynitride and/or silicon nitride or oxynitride.

Claims

1. A transparent substrate, provided with a stack of thin layers acting on solar radiation, characterized in that said stack includes at least one functional layer of essentially metallic nature and predominantly comprising at least one of the metals belonging to the group consisting of niobium, tantalum and zirconium, said functional layer being surmounted by at least one overlayer based on aluminum nitride, aluminum oxynitride, silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride, or on a mixture of at least two of these compounds.

3. The substrate as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the stack also includes, between the substrate and the functional layer, at least one sublayer made of transparent dielectric material, especially one chosen from silicon nitride and/or aluminum nitride, silicon oxynitride and/or aluminum oxynitride and silicon oxide.

4. The substrate as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the stack includes an overlayer based on a nitride or oxynitride and a sublayer based on a nitride or oxynitride, the geometrical thickness of the overlayer being greater than that of the sublayer.

5. The substrate as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that said overlayer and said sublayer are based on silicon nitride.

6. The substrate as claimed in claim 4 or claim 5, characterized in that the overlayer is thicker than the sublayer by a factor of at least 1.2, especially by a factor of at least 1.5 to 1.8.

7. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the stack includes a plurality of sublayers between the substrate and the functional layer, especially an alternation of high-index and low-index layers such as Si₃N₄/SiO₂ or Si₃N₄/SiO₂/Si₃N₄.

8. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the stack also includes an additional layer of a nitride of at least one metal chosen from niobium, titanium and zirconium between the functional layer and the overlayer and/or between the functional layer and the substrate.

9. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the functional layer has a thickness of between 5 and 50 nm, especially between 8 and 40 nm.

10. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the thickness of the overlayer is between 5 and 120 nm, especially between 7 and 90 nm.

11. The substrate as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the additional metal nitride layer has a thickness of between 2 and 20 nm, especially between 5 and 10 nm.

12. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the stack uses a functional layer of niobium or tantalum, an overlayer of silicon nitride, an optional sublayer also of silicon nitride and an optional layer of titanium nitride or niobium nitride directly on or directly under the functional layer.

13. The substrate as claimed in one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the stack uses a functional layer of niobium nitride, an overlayer of silicon nitride, and an optional sublayer also of silicon nitride.

14. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is bendable/toughenable and/or enamelable.

15. The substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is made of clear or bulk-tinted glass, or of a flexible or rigid transparent polymer material.

16. Monolithic glazing or double glazing incorporating the substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, the multilayer stack preferably being on the 2 face, numbering the substrate faces from the outside toward the inside of the compartment/room which is fitted therewith, giving the glazing a solar radiation protection effect.

17. The glazing as claimed in claim 15, characterized in that it has a light transmission T_L of 5 to 55%, especially 8 to 45%, and a solar factor SF of less than 50%, especially close to the light transmission value.

18. The glazing as claimed in claim 16 or 17, characterized in that it is blue or green in external reflection, on the substrate side, with, in particular, negative a* and b* values.

19. The substrate as claimed in one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that it is at least partially opacified by a coating in the form of a lacquer or an enamel.

20. A wall cladding panel, of the curtain-walling type, incorporating the opacified substrate as claimed in claim 19.

2. A transparent substrate, provided with a stack of thin layers acting on solar ration, characterized in that said stack includes at least one functional layer based on a partially or entirely nitrided metal, said metal belonging to the group consisting of niobium, tantalum and zirconium, said functional layer being surmounted by at least one overlayer based on aluminum nitride or oxynitride, silicon nitride or oxynitride or on a mixture of at least two of these compounds.