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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Evelyn N. Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Xuanhe Zhao, Allston, MA (US);
Elise M. Strobach, Clear Lake, WI (US);
Bikramjit S. Bhatia, Cambridge, MA (US);
Lin Zhao, Revere, MA (US);
Sungwoo Yang, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Lee A. Weinstein, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas A. Cooper, Boston, MA (US);
Shaoting Lin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are window retrofits including a monolithic silica aerogel slab having (i) an average haze value of <5% as calculated in accordance with ASTM standard D1003-13 and (ii) a U-factor of <0.5 BTU/sf/hr/° F., and a transparent polymer envelope sealed at an internal pressure of ≤1 atmosphere, wherein the monolithic silica aerogel slab is encapsulated in the transparent polymer envelope. The monolithic aerogel slab can have a transmittance >94% at 8 mm thickness. The window retrofit can be bonded to a glass sheet.