COMPOSITE PANE WITH IMPROVED COLOR EFFECT
A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the composite pane has at least one functional film that contains at least one metal layer, and the thermoplastic intermediate layer is formed with at least one thermoplastic film that contains refractive-index-reducing agents and these refractive-index-reducing agents reduce the refractive index of the thermoplastic film by at least 0.05 in the optically visible range between 380 nm and 780 nm.
1 . A composite pane comprising an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, and at least one functional film that contains at least one metal layer, and the thermoplastic intermediate layer is formed with at least one thermoplastic film that contains refractive-index-reducing agents and said refractive-index-reducing agents reduce the refractive index of the thermoplastic film by at least 0.05 in the optically visible range between 380 nm and 780 nm.
2 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film includes at least one silver layer, aluminum layer, copper layer, palladium layer, platinum layer, or gold layer as the metal layer.
3 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film has two to four metal layers.
4 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film includes at least two dielectric layers sandwiching the metal layer.
5 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the thermoplastic film is reduced between 0.05 and 0.15 in the optically visible range by the refractive-index-reducing agents contained therein.
6 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive-index-reducing agents are nanoparticles having a refractive index n<1.4 in the optically visible range.
7 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive-index-reducing agents are, contain, or comprise metal fluoride nanoparticles, or hollow SiO 2 nanoparticles.
8 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film contains at least 1 wt.-% refractive-index-reducing agents based on the a total weight in a volume of the thermoplastic film.
9 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive-index-reducing agents are nanoparticles with an average diameter of 5 nm to 200 nm.
10 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film is a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film, an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) film, or a polyurethane (PU) film.
11 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film has a thickness of at least 0.1 mm to a maximum of 2 mm.
12 . The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer is formed from two or more thermoplastic films having a refractive index different from one another.
13 . A method for producing a composite pane according to claim 1 comprising the outer pane and the inner pane that are joined to one another via the thermoplastic intermediate layer, and the at least one functional film that contains the at least one metal layer, and the thermoplastic intermediate layer is formed with the at least one thermoplastic film that contains refractive-index-reducing agents, and the refractive-index-reducing agents reduce the refractive index of the thermoplastic film by at least 0.05 in the visible range, comprising the steps:
S1: providing the at least one thermoplastic film containing refractive-index-reducing agents;
S2: providing the functional film on the outer pane, the inner pane, the thermoplastic film, and/or a carrier film;
S3: forming a stack sequence from the outer pane, the inner pane and the thermoplastic film, optionally the carrier film with a functional film, and
S4: bonding the stack sequence under the action of pressure, heat, and/or vacuum.
14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein in step S1, the thermoplastic film contains metal fluoride nanoparticles, or hollow SiO 2 nanoparticles as refractive-index-reducing agents.
15 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein in step S1, two or more thermoplastic films having a different refractive index are used.
16 . The composite pane according to claim 3 , wherein the functional film has 2, 3, or 4 silver layers.
17 . The composite pane according to claim 6 , wherein the refractive-index-reducing agents are nanoparticles having a refractive index n<1.3 in the optically visible range.
18 . The composite pane according to claim 7 , wherein the metal fluoride nanoparticles are MgF 2 or CaF 2 nanoparticles.
19 . The composite pane according to claim 8 , wherein the refractive-index-reducing agents are nanoparticles.
20 . The composite pane according to claim 10 , wherein the thermoplastic film is a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film.