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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Corning, NY (US);
James Edward Dickinson, Jr., Corning, NY (US);
Timothy J Kiczenski, Corning, NY (US);
Michelle Diane Pierson-stull, Painted Post, NY (US);
Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Corning, NY (US);
James Edward Dickinson, Jr., Corning, NY (US);
Timothy J Kiczenski, Corning, NY (US);
Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corsam Technologies LLC, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Sodium-containing aluminosilicate and boroaluminosilicate glasses are described herein. The glasses can be used as substrates for photovoltaic devices, for example, thin film photovoltaic devices such as CIGS photovoltaic devices. These glasses can be characterized as having strain points ≧540° C., thermal expansion coefficient of from 6.5 to 9.5 ppm/° C., as well as liquidus viscosities in excess of 50,000 poise. As such they are ideally suited for being formed into sheet by the fusion process.