Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fusion formable sodium containing glass
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Application No.: US12787711Application Date: 2010-05-26
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Publication No.: US09637408B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Bruce Gardiner Aitken , James Edward Dickinson, Jr. , Timothy J Kiczenski , Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull
- Applicant: Bruce Gardiner Aitken , James Edward Dickinson, Jr. , Timothy J Kiczenski , Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: Corsam Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: Corsam Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agency: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Main IPC: C03C3/087
- IPC: C03C3/087 ; C03C3/091

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100300535A1 FUSION FORMABLE SODIUM CONTAINING GLASS Public/Granted day:2010-12-02
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