The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition with a first carrier fluid, applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure. The first pre-slurry composition may comprise a first phosphate glass composition and a low coefficient of thermal expansion material, wherein the low coefficient of thermal expansion material is a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 10×10.sup.−6° C.

The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition with a first carrier fluid, applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure. The first pre-slurry composition may comprise a first phosphate glass composition and a low coefficient of thermal expansion material, wherein the low coefficient of thermal expansion material is a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 10×10.sup.−6° C.

The invention discloses a metal anticorrosive coating. The coating is an inorganic coating used for metal anticorrosion. This coating has a double-layer structure, including an outer enamel coating and an inner base oxide coating. Meanwhile, the content of the base metal oxide decreases from the inner layer to the outer layer, which causes the thermal expansion coefficient of the coating to increase from the inner layer to the outer layer, ensures that the overall thermal expansion coefficient of the coating is coordinate with various base metals. The composition of the outer layer enamel coating includes: by weight, 1-40 parts of silicon, 1-30 parts of sodium, 1-20 parts of potassium, 2-20 parts of calcium, 0.5-15 parts of fluorine, 0.3-10 parts of cobalt, 0.2-10 parts of nickel, 1-18 parts of boron, 0.5-10 parts of phosphorus, 0.1-8 parts of magnesium, and the rest is oxygen; the composition of the base oxide coating of the inner layer includes the base metal and oxygen. A preparation process of a double-layer dense metal anticorrosive coating formed by low-temperature sintering is also disclosed, including the following steps: 1) grinding; 2) preparation of mixture; 3) grinding; 4) high temperature reaction; 5) grinding; 6) coating; 7) sintering. The coating of the invention has the advantages of improving the corrosion resistance by more than 14 times, has a high ductility which can be coordinated with the reinforcing steel bar in tensile deformation, has a thermal expansion coefficient gradient which can be applied to different metals and different types of the same metal.

Disclosed is an inkjet ink that is jettable through standard inkjet nozzles, yet creates a non-abrasive non-porous three-dimensional glass structure on a 1-100 micron-scale without the need for additional processes beyond those normally used for the inkjet decoration of glass substrates. Such an inkjet ink can avoid the drawbacks noted above and is described herein.

A composition for solar cell electrodes, a solar cell electrode, and a method of manufacturing a solar cell, the composition including a conductive powder; a glass frit; and an organic vehicle, wherein the conductive powder includes a first silver powder having a cross-sectional particle porosity of about 0.1% to about 6%.

The present invention relates to a silver coated glass frit used in a paste composition for forming a solar cell electrode, a method for preparing the same, and a silver paste composition using a silver coated glass frit for a solar cell. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a method for preparing a silver-coated glass frit wherein a silver coated glass frit, in which silver (Ag) is coated on a surface of the glass frit, is prepared through a reduction reaction occurring by adding, to a first solution containing silver nitrate (AgNO3) mixed with a glass frit and an amine, a second solution containing a reductant, and during the preparation process, a silver (Ag) coating layer is more uniformly formed on the surface of the glass frit by controlling the acidity of the first solution and the reaction temperature in the reduction reaction, thereby achieving an improved specific surface area; a silver-coated glass frit prepared by the method; and a silver paste composition for a solar cell wherein the composition is prepared by using the sliver-coated glass frit, and thus has significantly improved sintering characteristics and electrical conductivity.

An additive manufacturing ink composition may include a fluid medium. The ink may further include a chalcogenide glass suspended within the fluid medium to form a chalcogenide glass mixture. The ink may also include a surfactant. A method for forming an additive manufacturing ink may include wet milling a chalcogenide glass in a fluid medium and a surfactant to produce a chalcogenide glass mixture. The method may also include, after wet milling the chalcogenide glass, processing the chalcogenide glass mixture to reduce an average particle size of the chalcogenide glass.

A device formation method may include printing a chalcogenide glass ink onto a surface to form a chalcogenide glass layer, where the chalcogenide glass ink comprises chalcogenide glass and a fluid medium. The method may further include sintering the chalcogenide glass layer at a first temperature for a first duration. The method may also include annealing the chalcogenide glass layer at a second temperature for a second duration. A device may include a substrate and a printed chalcogenide glass layer on the substrate, where the printed chalcogenide glass layer includes annealed chalcogenide glass, and where the printed chalcogenide glass layer is free from cracks.

A mineral ink for inkjet printing on a mineral substrate, includes a glass frit, an organic solvent, a dispersant, a surfactant and a glass fit including the following constituents in the weight limits defined below expressed as percentages by weight of the glass frit: 35 to 50% of SiO.sub.2, 15 to 25% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 1.5 to 4% of Li.sub.2O, 22 to 32% of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 0 to 2% of Na.sub.2O, 2 to 5% of K.sub.2O, 1 to 5% of CaO, 1 to 4% of ZrO.sub.2.

A mineral ink for inkjet printing on a mineral substrate, includes a glass frit, an organic solvent, a dispersant, a surfactant and a glass fit including the following constituents in the weight limits defined below expressed as percentages by weight of the glass frit: 35 to 50% of SiO.sub.2, 15 to 25% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 1.5 to 4% of Li.sub.2O, 22 to 32% of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 0 to 2% of Na.sub.2O, 2 to 5% of K.sub.2O, 1 to 5% of CaO, 1 to 4% of ZrO.sub.2.