To provide a colored optical layer capable of forming a solar cell module excellent in the design, and the power generation efficiency and the weather resistance, a method for producing an optical layer, an optical layer-provided solar cell module, an outer wall material for building, and a building.

An optical layer having a functional layer containing an inorganic pigment and a matrix in which the inorganic pigment is dispersed, to be disposed on the side of plane of incidence of sunlight from solar cells,

wherein at least a part of the inorganic pigment is an inorganic pigment having a maximum near infrared reflectance in a near infrared region at a wavelength of from 780 to 1,500 nm of at least 50%, an average particle size of from 5.0 to 280.0 nm and a specific surface area of from 5.0 to 1,000 m.sup.2/g.

The present invention relates to an article comprising a substrate at least partially coated with a composition comprising solid in the form of aggregate and (per) fluoropolyether polymer. The invented article shows excellent performance on amphiphobicity and transparency.

A heat treatable decorative patterned glass article ha a selectively dissolvable coating. The selectively dissolvable coating is a silicon based monolayer optical coating which is intended to be selectively dissolved in regions underlying a patterned enamel coating during a processing operation of the transparent substrate. The decorative patterned glass article provides excellent contrast to the glass when viewed from the glass side and can withstand the high tempering temperatures during the making of the decorative glass article.

To provide a coating material capable of forming a solar cell module excellent in the weather resistance, the power generation efficiency and the design, a cover glass, a solar cell module comprising the cover glass, and an outer wall material for building.

The cover glass of the present invention is a cover glass comprising a glass plate and a layer containing a fluorinated polymer having units based on a fluoroolefin, on at least one surface of the glass plate, which has an average visible reflectance of from 10 to 100%, and an average near infrared transmittance of from 20 to 100%.

A window with low frictive compositions and methods of making the same. The low frictive composition is applied to top portion of at least one glass bump contacting an opposing pane in a window. The low frictive composition may include an inorganic powder and a binder. The inorganic powder includes disulfide, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten diselenide, and molybdenum diselenide. The binder includes silsesquioxanes and alkali silicates.

A hydrophobic coating and a method for applying such a coating to a surface of a substrate. The method includes applying a coating composition to the surface and heating the coated surface at a cure temperature from about 300 C. to about 600 C. for a time from about 2 hours to about 48 hours. The coating composition is applied to the surface by an application method selected from the group consisting of flowing, dipping, and spraying. The coating composition comprises a yttrium compound, an additive selected from the group consisting of a cerium compound and a dispersion of yttrium oxide nanoparticles, a water-soluble polymer, and a solvent solution of de-ionized water and a water-soluble alcohol.

The present invention relates to electrothermic composite material comprising an electrothermic layer on a substrate, wherein the electrothermic layer comprises glass having a carbon component dispersed throughout, wherein the glass, the carbon component, and their relative concentrations are selected such that the electrothermic layer resists delamination from the substrate over repeated electrical heating and cooling cycles. Methods and uses of the composite materials are also described.

The present invention relates to a particle mixture comprising particles of glass frit and particles of a crystalline oxide material, wherein the glass frit comprises silicon oxide (SiO.sub.2), zinc oxide (ZnO) and sulfur (S) and wherein the D90 particle size of the particle mixture is less than 5 microns. The particle mixture may be used to apply an enamel to a substrate. The present invention further relates to the use of the particle mixture to form an enamel on a substrate, to a glass sheet and to an automotive window pane.

Proposed are: a wavelength conversion member having an excellent aesthetic appearance when not irradiated with excitation light and having an excellent luminescence intensity; and a light emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 10 includes: a first wavelength conversion layer 1 containing a phosphor; and a second wavelength conversion layer 2 formed on a surface of the first wavelength conversion layer 1 and containing phosphor nanoparticles 2a.

A chromatic stratified panel structure (100) for generating a sun-sky-imitating effect in lighting systems (1) comprises two cover panels (102, 104) at least one of which being a transparent panel; an adhesive transparent polymeric layer (106) sandwiched between the two inner faces of the two cover panels; and at least one nanoparticle-based Rayleigh-like diffusing coating (108) applied to an inner face of at least one of the two cover panels (102, 104) and/or to a face of the adhesive transparent polymeric layer (106) and forming an interlayer between one of the cover panels (102, 104) and the adhesive transparent polymeric layer (106).