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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
James J. Finley, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James P. Thiel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Harry Buhay, Allison Park, PA (US);
James J. Finley, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James P. Thiel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Harry Buhay, Allison Park, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; depositing an infrared reflecting layer over at least a portion of a substrate; depositing a primer layer over at least a portion of the infrared reflective layer; depositing a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the primer layer; and forming an absorbing layer. The absorbing layer includes an alloy and/or mixture of (a) a metal having an index of refraction at 500 nm less than or equal to 1.0 and (b) a material having a ΔG°of greater than or equal to −100 at 1000° K. The metal can be silver and the material can be tin.