A coated article includes a silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) on a glass substrate that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one metallic or substantially metallic zinc (Zn) inclusive barrier layer in order to improve chemical durability characteristics of the low-E coating. In certain example embodiments, the silver based layer may be sandwiched between first and second metallic or substantially metallic barrier layers of or including zinc. The IR reflecting layer(s) and zinc based barrier layer(s) are part of a low emissivity (low-E) coating.

A coated article includes a substrate and a coating applied over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metallic layer formed from one or more silver compounds doped with at least one metal selected from Groups 3 to 15 of the periodic table of the elements. Also disclosed are capsules that can absorb electromagnetic energy as well as a process of forming an antimony-doped tin oxide coating layer.

As the cost of energy has increased, the use of solar coatings on automotive and architectural glazing has enjoyed massive growth. Most solar coatings have metallic silver layers that are highly reflective in the infrared. The silver is deposited over a wetting layer which must have a certain level of roughness to prevent agglomeration of the silver and to ensure good adhesion. However, a very smooth wetting layer is beneficial in minimizing haze and improving solar performance. These competing factors make it difficult to deposit a silver layer that promotes both high stability and good adhesion as well as excellent optical and solar properties. The disclosure uses an AgAl/Ag bilayer, which transitions in the composition from silver-aluminum to silver. The bilayer has excellent stability and does not require a rough substrate, thus enabling the use of a smooth high-aluminum-content ZnAlOx wetting layer in providing a coating with superior stability, adhesion, optical, and solar characteristics.

The present document discloses a glazing in the form of a window glass or vehicle glass which comprises a transparent glass substrate, and a coating, which comprises at least one functional metal Ag alloy coating layer. The alloy coating layer consists essentially of Ag with an alloying agent selected from a group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Hf, Ta or W. An alloying agent concentration is 0.15-1.35 at. %, preferably 0.20-1.00 at. % or 0.25-0.80 at. % of the Ag alloy coating layer, the rest being Ag, and the Ag alloy coating layer has a thickness of 5-20 nm, preferably 8-15 nm or more preferably 8-12 nm.

A multilayer transparent conductive film is provided, including: a Ag film that is formed of Ag or a Ag alloy; and a transparent conductive oxide film that is disposed on two opposite surfaces of the Ag film, in which the transparent conductive oxide film is formed of an oxide including Zn, Ga, and Ti.

A coated article includes a silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) on a glass substrate that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one metallic or substantially metallic zinc (Zn) inclusive barrier layer in order to improve chemical durability characteristics of the low-E coating. In certain example embodiments, the silver based layer may be sandwiched between first and second metallic or substantially metallic barrier layers of or including zinc. The IR reflecting layer(s) and zinc based barrier layer(s) are part of a low emissivity (low-E) coating.

Example embodiments of this invention relate to a coated article having a low-E coating including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of silver that is doped with a material such as SiAl, SiZn, or SiZnCu. The IR reflecting layer(s) is part of a low-E coating, and may be sandwiched between at least transparent dielectric layers. A silver based IR reflecting layer doped in such a manner for example provides for improved corrosion resistance and chemical durability of the layer and the overall coating, and improved stability such as reduced haze upon optional heat treatment (HT), while maintaining good optical properties, compared to an Ag IR reflecting layer that is not doped.

A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD) includes a windshield, including outer and inner panes joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, with an HUD region; and a projector directed at the HUD region having a radiation predominantly p-polarized; and a reflection coating for reflecting p-polarized radiation. The reflection coating contains exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver. The reflection coating below the electrically conductive layer includes a lower dielectric layer structure with a refractive index of at least 1.9. The reflection coating above the electrically conductive layer includes an upper dielectric layer structure with a refractive index of at least 1.9. A functional coating for reflecting IR radiation and the reflection coating are arranged between the inner and outer panes. The reflection coating is arranged between the inner pane and the functional coating.

A substrate coated on one of its faces with a stack of thin layers having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, including two metallic functional layers, in particular on the basis of silver. Each of the metallic functional layers is disposed between two dielectric coatings. The coating includes at least two absorbent layers which absorb solar radiation in the visible part of the spectrum, which is disposed at least in two different dielectric coatings.

A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first metallic layer, a first primer layer, a second dielectric layer, a second metallic layer, a second primer layer, a third dielectric layer, a third primer layer, a third metallic layer, and a fourth dielectric layer. The total combined thickness of the metallic layers is at least 30 nanometers and no more than 60 nanometers. The article can have a sheet resistance of less than 0.85 ?/?, a visible light reflectance of not more than 10%, and a visible light transmittance of at least 70%.