Vitro Flat Glass LLC

A solar cell includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface. An underlayer is located over the second surface. A first conductive layer is located over the underlayer. An overlayer is located over the first conductive layer. A semiconductor layer is located over the conductive oxide layer. A second conductive layer is located over the semiconductor layer. The first conductive layer includes a conductive oxide and at least one dopant selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, niobium, and/or fluorine.

A method for controlling glass production includes: pouring a glass melt onto a glass production bath to form a glass ribbon; stretching the glass ribbon on the glass production bath with an edge roll proximate to an edge of the glass ribbon and in contact with an air side surface of the glass ribbon, the edge roll configured to control a width of the glass ribbon; receiving visual data from a camera positioned with a view of the glass ribbon; processing the visual data to determine a value of a dimension associated with the glass ribbon in a region proximate the edge roll; determining that the value of the dimension associated with the glass ribbon and/or an oscillational frequency of the value in the region proximate the edge roll fails to satisfy a threshold value; and generating an alert associated with the edge roll.

A glass composition includes a base glass portion comprising: 65-75 wt % SiO 2 ; 5-15 wt % CaO; 0-5 wt % MgO; 0-5 wt % K 2 O; 10-14 wt % Na 2 O; and 1-5 wt % Al 2 O 3 ; wherein the glass composition has a ratio of Na 2 O to Al 2 O 3 is in the range of 9.5-12.5 wt %/wt %.

An article includes a glass substrate having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface opposite the No. 1 surface, a hydrophobic coating over at least a portion of the No. 1 surface, and a patterned conductive coating over at least a portion of the No. 2 surface. Also provided is an article including a first glass substrate having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface opposite the No. 1 surface, a second glass substrate opposite the first glass substrate having a No. 3 surface and a No. 4 surface opposite the No. 3 surface, a hydrophobic coating over at least a portion of the No. 1 surface, and a patterned conductive coating over at least a portion of the No. 2 surface or the No. 3 surface.

A coated article includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; and a patterned coating over at least a portion of the second side of the substrate. The patterned coating includes: a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the second side of the substrate; an absorbing layer over a first portion of the first dielectric layer and including a first reflected aesthetic, and absent over a second portion of the first dielectric layer and including a second reflected aesthetic; and a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the absorbing layer. A contrast between the first reflected aesthetic and the second reflected aesthetic forms a pattern. The contrast between the first reflected aesthetic and the second reflected aesthetic is greater when viewing the coated article from a first direction, compared to viewing the coated article from a second direction.

A coating provides a high solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and a low overall heat transfer coefficient (U-value) to trap and retain solar heat. The coating and coated article are particularly useful for use in architectural transparencies in northern climates. The coating includes a first dielectric layer; a continuous metallic layer formed over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer, the metallic layer having a thickness less than 8 nm; a primer layer formed over at least a portion of the metallic layer; a second dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the primer layer; and an overcoat formed over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer. When used on a No. 3 surface of a reference IGU, the coating provides a SHGC of greater than or equal to 0.6 and a U-value of less than or equal to 0.35.

The present invention relates to electrochromic devices and compositions that include a polymer that includes residues of, or a polymerizable composition that includes, ((meth)acrylate-amine cation bis(substituted-sulfonyl)imide anion)) monomer represented by the following Formula (I), With reference to Formula (I): R 1 is in each case independently hydrogen or methyl; R 2 is in each case independently a single bond, a divalent linear or branched alkane, or divalent linear or branched cycloalkane; Y + is in each case independently an amine cation, such as for example —N(R 3 )(R 4 )(R 5 ) + ; and X − is a bis(substituted-sulfonyl)imide anion represented by the following Formula (II),

The present invention relates to electrochromic devices and compositions, that include a polymer matrix or thickener, that includes poly((diallyldimethylammonium bis(substituted-sulfonyl)imide X − )) polymer, where each X − independently is an anion represented by the following Formula (A), With reference to Formula (A), R 9 and R 10 are each independently selected from fluorine, linear or branched fluorinated alkyl, or linear or branched perfluorinated alkyl.

The present invention relates generally to vehicle transparencies, such as vehicle windshields, and in one particular embodiment, to a heatable vehicle windshield. In one instance, a heatable windshield according to the present invention comprises a substrate having a first coating formed over the substrate, the first coating comprising various dielectric, metallic, and primer layers; and a second coating formed over at least a portion of the first coating, the second coating being located above an AS-1 Line and comprising dielectric, metallic, and primer layers.