Pilkington Group Limited

Pilkington North America, Inc.

Gary Robert Nichol

Kevin David Sanderson

Peter Michael Harris

Liam Sonie Palmer

David Alan Strickler

Srikanth Varanasi

Douglas Martin Nelson

Neil McSporran

John Andrew Ridealgh

Lila Raj Dahal

Jun Ni

John Robert Siddle

Paul Andrew Skinner

Javier Unquera

Jack Brown

Paul David Warren

Anna Louise Colley

Neil Mcsporran

Mark Anthony Farnworth

Alex Joseph Abbott

Ayse Ersoy

The present invention relates to a method of depositing a coating comprising zinc oxide on a substrate; to a chemical vapour deposition precursor mixture for use in same and to a coated glass article and a photovoltaic cell prepared with a zinc oxide coating prepared using the method which comprises: providing a substrate, providing a precursor mixture comprising an alkyl zinc compound and a phosphorus source, the phosphorus source comprising a compound of formula OP(OR), wherein n is 0 or 1 and each R is hydrocarbyl, and delivering the precursor mixture to a surface of the substrate.

Method for depositing a coating

A process for depositing on a surface of a substrate a layer based on a metal oxide doped with magnesium or a mixed metal oxide containing magnesium. The process includes providing a substrate having a surface, forming a gaseous mixture comprising a non-halogenated source of a metal and a source of magnesium, delivering the gaseous mixture to the surface of the substrate, and depositing the layer based on a metal oxide doped with magnesium or a mixed metal oxide containing magnesium on the surface of the substrate.

Process for depositing a layer

Transparent conducting electrodes incorporate an interface layer located on the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer of the electrode. The interface layer offers a suitable surface for deposition of further layers in order to fabricate electronic devices such as electrochromic devices or organic light emitting diodes. Problems such as pinholes and short circuiting, associated with the inherent roughness of the TCO layer, are reduced.

Interface layer for electronic devices

The invention relates to a coated glass pane with a low-e and/or solar controlcoating comprising&#x2014;in sequence from the glass surface&#x2014;at least the following layers: &#x2014;a lower anti-reflection layer, comprising: a base layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminum, a middle layer of an oxide of Zn and Sn, a top layer of a metal oxide; &#x2014;a silver-based functional layer; &#x2014;a barrier layer; &#x2014;an upper anti-reflection layer comprising a layer of an (oxi)nitride of aluminum 10 having a thickness of more than 10 nm.

Heat treatable coated glass pane

A multi-layer thin film stack, particularly suitable as a component of a solar cell, is deposited on a transparent dielectric substrate. The multi-layer film stack comprises a transparent electrically conductive metal oxide layer deposited over the dielectric substrate, the conductive metal oxide layer having a refractive index less than 2.0, a light transmittance optimizing interlayer having a refractive index between 2.3 and 3.5, deposited over the electrically conductive metal oxide layer, and a silicon layer having a refractive index of at least 4.5 deposited over the light transmittance optimizing interlayer. The film stack can be deposited by any suitable method, but deposition of each of these layers by atmospheric chemical vapor deposition is preferred.

Light transmittance optimizing coated glass article for solar cell and method for making

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Gary Robert Nichol