IP Library Granted Patent US 10,672,921
Granted Patent B2
US 10,672,921 · App. 14/963,832 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Article with transparent conductive layer and method of making the same

Inventors: James W. McCamy (Export, PA); Zhixun Ma (Cheswick, PA); Benjamin Kabagambe (Pittsburgh, PA); Kwaku K. Koram (Wexford, PA); Cheng-Hung Hung (Wexford, PA); Gary J. Nelis (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
H01L31/02168C03B17/06C03B18/14C03C17/3411C03C17/3417C03C17/36C03C17/3631C03C17/3668C03C17/3678C23C16/40C23C16/407C23C16/4412C23C16/45561C23C16/45595C23C16/54H01L31/02167H01L31/02327H01L31/022425H01L31/022466H01L31/03923H01L31/0749H01L31/18H01L51/0096H01L51/442H01L51/5215H01L51/5268H01L51/5281C03C2217/94C03C2217/948C03C2218/1525Y02E10/541Y02E10/549Y02P70/521
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Patent No.
US 10,672,921
App. No.
14/963,832
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of making a coated article includes forming a first coating over a first surface of a substrate; and forming a second coating over a second surface of the substrate. The second coating includes a first conductive layer including tin oxide and at least one material selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, and niobium.

Claims (68)

1. A method of making a coated article, comprising:

providing a molten glass;

flowing the molten glass out of a receiver to form a glass ribbon having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

forming a first coating over the first surface of the glass ribbon; and

forming a second coating over the second surface of the glass ribbon while the glass ribbon has a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.,

wherein the second coating comprises:

an underlayer located over the second surface;

a first conductive layer over the underlayer;

an overlayer over the first conductive layer;

a semiconductor layer over the overlayer; and

a second conductive layer over the semiconductor layer, and

wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first layer comprising tin oxide and tungsten and a second layer comprising tin oxide and fluorine.

2. The method of claim 1 , including a functional layer over the first surface of the substrate, wherein the functional layer is selected from the group consisting of an antireflective layer and an external light extraction layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive oxide layer comprises less than 2 wt % tungsten.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive oxide layer comprises less than 1 wt % tungsten.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the underlayer comprises a sodium ion barrier layer comprising silicon oxide.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the underlayer comprises a bottom optical layer comprising an oxide of tin, zinc, silicon, aluminum, titanium, and/or mixtures thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlayer comprises a buffer layer comprising tin oxide and at least one of zinc, indium, gallium, magnesium, and nitrogen.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer comprises a metallic layer.

9. The method of claim 1 , including an internal light extraction region in and/or on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the internal light extraction region comprises nanoparticles.

10. A method of making a solar cell, comprising:

flowing molten glass out of a receiver to form a glass ribbon;

forming a first coating over a first surface of a glass ribbon; and

forming a second coating over a second surface of the glass ribbon while the glass ribbon has a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.,

wherein the second coating comprises:

an underlayer located over the second surface, wherein the underlayer comprises a bottom optical layer comprising an oxide of tin, zinc, silicon, aluminum, titanium, and/or mixtures thereof;

a first conductive layer over the underlayer, wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first layer comprising tin oxide and tungsten and a second layer comprising tin oxide and fluorine;

an overlayer over the first conductive layer, wherein the overlayer comprises a buffer layer comprising tin oxide and at least one of zinc, indium, gallium, magnesium, and nitrogen;

a semiconductor layer over the overlayer; and

a second conductive layer over the semiconductor layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a metallic layer.

11. The method of claim 10 , including forming an internal light extraction region in and/or on the second surface of the glass ribbon, wherein the internal light extraction region comprises nanoparticles.

12. The method of claim 10 , including forming a functional layer over the first surface of the glass ribbon, wherein the functional layer comprises an antireflective layer.

13. The method of claim 10 , including forming a functional layer over the first surface of the glass ribbon, wherein the functional layer comprises an external light extraction layer.

14. A method of making a coated article, comprising:

providing a molten glass;

flowing the molten glass out of a receiver to form a glass ribbon having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

forming a first coating over the first surface of the glass ribbon; and

forming a second coating over the second surface of the glass ribbon while the glass ribbon has a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.,

wherein the second coating comprises:

an underlayer located over the second surface;

a first conductive layer over the underlayer;

an overlayer over the first conductive layer;

a semiconductor layer over the overlayer; and

a second conductive layer over the semiconductor layer,

wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first layer comprising tin oxide and tungsten and a second layer comprising tin oxide and fluorine,

wherein the first layer is formed using a first tin precursor material and a tungsten precursor material, wherein the tungsten precursor material is tungsten tetrachloride.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first conductive oxide layer comprises less than 2 wt % tungsten.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first conductive oxide layer comprises less than 1 wt % tungsten.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the underlayer comprises a sodium ion barrier layer comprising silicon oxide.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the underlayer comprises a bottom optical layer comprising an oxide of tin, zinc, silicon, aluminum, titanium, and/or mixtures thereof.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the overlayer comprises a buffer layer comprising tin oxide and at least one of zinc, indium, gallium, magnesium, and nitrogen.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second conductive layer comprises a metallic layer.

21. The method of claim 14 , including an internal light extraction region in and/or on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the internal light extraction region comprises nanoparticles.

22. A method of making a coated article, comprising:

providing a molten glass;

flowing the molten glass out of a receiver to form a glass ribbon having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

forming a first coating over the first surface of the glass ribbon; and

forming a second coating over the second surface of the glass ribbon while the glass ribbon has a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.,

wherein the second coating comprises:

an underlayer located over the second surface;

a first conductive layer over the underlayer;

an overlayer over the first conductive layer;

a semiconductor layer over the overlayer; and

a second conductive layer over the semiconductor layer,

wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first layer comprising tin oxide and tungsten,

wherein the first layer is formed using a first tin precursor material and a tungsten precursor material, wherein the tungsten precursor material is tungsten tetrachloride,

wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first region deposited from a first precursor material and a second region deposited from a second precursor material, and

wherein the first precursor material comprises monobutyl tin chloride (MBTC) and the second precursor material is selected from the group consisting of tin tetrachloride (TTC) and dibutyltin diacetate (DBTA).

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2021
From: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
To: VITRO FLAT GLASS LLC
Reel/Frame 058052/0526 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2019
From: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
To: VITRO FLAT GLASS LLC
Reel/Frame 047973/0254 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: KABAGAMBE, BENJAMIN
To: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Reel/Frame 044124/0493 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040473 FRAME: 0455. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 3, 2017
From: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
To: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Reel/Frame 042393/0520 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2016
From: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
To: VITRO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Reel/Frame 040473/0455 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2016
From: MCCAMY, JAMES W.; MA, ZHIXUN; KABAGAMBE, BENJAMIN; KORAM, KWAKU K.; HUNG, CHENG-HUNG; NELIS, GARY J.
To: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
Reel/Frame 037922/0603 →