ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE INCLUDING A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE LAYER AND A BUS BAR AND A PROCESS OF FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190155121A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16250802

    申请日:2019-01-17

    Inventor: Sophie BROSSARD

    Abstract: An electrochromic device can include a substrate, a transparent conductive oxide layer over the substrate, and a bus bar over the substrate. The bus bar can include silver and has a resistivity of at most 6.7×10−6 Ω*cm, an average adhesion strength to SiO2 of at least 3N based on 20 measurements, as determined by Method A of ASTM B905-00 (Reapproved 2010), or a classification of at least 4, as determined by Method B of ASTM B905-00 (Reapproved 2010). In another aspect a process of forming an electrochromic device can include forming a transparent conductive oxide layer over a substrate; forming a bus bar precursor over the substrate, wherein the precursor includes silver; and firing the precursor to form a bus bar. Firing can be performed such that the first bus bar is at a temperature of at least 390° C.

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