This disclosure relates to the field of transport means technology, and in particular to sunroof glass and a vehicle.
With continuous development of vehicle industries, more and more vehicles improve daylighting and appearance thereof by improving structures of sunroof glass. However, as an area of the sunroof glass increases, too much light enters the vehicle, which not only affects visual sensory experiences of passengers, but also rises temperature inside the vehicle and affects the thermal comfort inside the vehicle. In the related art, improvement is made by reducing a visible-light transmittance of the sunroof glass. For example, tinted glass or tinted polyvinyl butyral (PVB) are employed, or a dimming element is additionally disposed. Although the visible-light transmittance of the sunroof glass is reduced, a visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass measured at the inner side of the vehicle is still high. As a result, an obvious mirror effect occurs on the sunroof glass, and a display of a center console or displays of other electronic devices inside the vehicle each may produce a sharp reflection on the sunroof glass, which seriously disturbs rear passengers.
In a first aspect, sunroof glass is provided in the present disclosure. The sunroof glass includes a glass substrate, a metal absorption layer, and an anti-reflective layer. The glass substrate has an outer surface and an inner surface. The metal absorption layer and the anti-reflective layer are sequentially stacked on the inner surface in a direction away from the glass substrate. The anti-reflective layer includes at least one stacking including a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer. The high refractive-index layer has a refractive index greater than or equal to 1.7. The low refractive-index layer has a refractive index less than 1.7.
In a second aspect, a vehicle is provided in the present disclosure. The vehicle includes a vehicle body and the sunroof glass in the first aspect. The sunroof glass is connected to the vehicle body.
To describe the technical solutions in the present disclosure more clearly, the accompanying drawings for use in implementations are briefly described below. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some implementations of the present disclosure, and those of ordinary skill in the art may obtain other accompanying drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative effort.
Specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary implementations of the present disclosure are shown in the accompanying drawings, it may be understood that the present disclosure may be implemented in other ways than those described herein. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the following implementations.
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The glass substrate 11 may be transparent or tinted. The glass substrate 11 may be made of soda-lime silicate glass, borosilicate glass, aluminosilicate glass, or organic glass. The organic glass may be, such as, polymethyl methacrylate or polycarbonate.
It may be noted that the glass substrate 11 used as the sunroof glass 10 is generally in a curved shape. The shape of the glass substrate 11 is not limited to the shape described above, and may be any shape that meets the usage requirements of the sunroof glass 10. For example, the glass substrate 11 may also be in a flat plate shape. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not impose strict requirements on the shape of the glass substrate 11.
The glass substrate 11 may be one sheet of tempered glass. A thickness of the tempered glass is greater than or equal to 5 mm, such as, 5.1 mm, 5.5 mm, 5.8 mm, 6 mm, 6.5 mm, 7 mm, 7.5 mm, 8 mm, etc. The tempered glass may be tinted glass. A total iron content of the tinted glass measured by Fe2O3 ranges from 0.5% to 2.0%, such as, green glass, blue glass, grey glass, etc.
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It can be understood that the interlayer 113 is disposed between the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111, for example, the interlayer 113 is used to connect the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111, so that the whole sunroof glass 10 has a laminated structure as a whole. Therefore, the strength of the glass body is improved, the glass body is not easy to be broken, and the impact-resistance performance is improved compared to single-layer glass. Thanks to the improvement of the impact-resistance performance, the safety performance of the vehicle can be improved, and the glass body is not easy to be damaged, reducing the maintenance cost.
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It can be understood that, the at least one infrared reflecting layer 14 is disposed between the outer glass 112 and the interlayer 113 and/or between the inner glass 111 and the interlayer 113. The infrared reflecting layer 14 includes at least one metallic functional layer and multiple dielectric layers. For example, the metallic functional layer may be a gold layer, a silver layer, a copper layer, a silver-copper alloy layer, a silver-indium alloy layer, a silver-gold alloy layer, and the like. More specifically, the infrared reflecting layer 14 may be a single-silver coating (including one silver layer), a double-silver coating (including two silver layers), a triple-silver coating (including three silver layers), a four-silver coating (including four silver layers), or the like. The infrared reflecting layer 14 can reflect most infrared rays with a wavelength range of 780 nm-2500 nm, so that the sunroof glass 10 has a sun-protection and heat-insulation performance. Therefore, the thermal comfort inside the vehicle is improved, and the sunroof glass 10 can adapt to the development trend of the panoramic glass.
In a possible implementation, the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 are arranged in parallel. In this arrangement, the thickness of the interlayer 113 is even.
In another possible implementation, an extension direction of the outer glass 112 intersects with an extension direction of the inner glass 111. In this arrangement, the thickness of the interlayer 113 is uneven, and the interlayer 113 may present a structure arrangement having a gradient in thickness. For example, the interlayer 113 may be wedge-shaped.
Based on the foregoing description, it may be understood that the thickness of the interlayer 113 can be flexibly adjusted according to an actual application scenario of the sunroof glass 10, which is beneficial to adapting to multi-scenario application requirements of the sunroof glass 10.
Exemplarily, the inner glass 111 and the outer glass 112 each may be transparent glass (e.g., clear glass) with the thickness of 2.1 mm. Specifically, as long as each of the thickness of the inner glass 111 and the thickness of the outer glass 112 ranges from 0.7 mm to 4.0 mm (both inclusive), the requirements are complied with. In order to meet the requirements of light weight, preferably, the thickness of the outer glass 112 ranges from 1.6 mm to 4.0 mm, the thickness of the inner glass 111 ranges from 0.7 mm to 2.1 mm, and the thickness of the outer glass 112 is greater than or equal to the thickness of the inner glass 111. The visible-light transmittance of the outer glass 112 is greater than or equal to 70%, preferably greater than or equal to 80%, and even greater than or equal to 90%. The visible-light transmittance of the inner glass 111 is greater than or equal to 70%, preferably greater than or equal to 80%, and even greater than or equal to 90%. The inner glass 111 and the outer glass 112 are clear glass, so that the product cost can be greatly reduced and the market competitiveness of the product can be improved.
In a possible implementation, the visible-light transmittance of the sunroof glass 10 is adjusted by selecting interlayers 113 having different visible-light transmittances. Preferably, the visible-light transmittance of the interlayer 113 ranges from 1% to 30%, such as, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 11%, 12%, 13%, 14%, 15%, 16%, 17%, 18%, 19%, 20%, 21%, 22%, 23%, 24%, 25%, 26%, 27%, 28%, 29%, 30%, etc. The interlayer 113 may be made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), an ionized polymer film (e.g., SentryGlass& Plus (SGP)), etc.
In another possible implementation, the outer glass 112 has a visible-light transmittance of less than or equal to 50%, preferably less than or equal to 40%, more preferably less than or equal to 30%, and even less than or equal to 20%. The inner glass 111 has a visible-light transmittance less than or equal to 50%, preferably less than or equal to 40%, more preferably less than or equal to 30%, and even less than or equal to 20%. The interlayer 113 has a visible-light transmittance greater than or equal to 70%. Specifically, the visible-light transmittance of the interlayer 113 may be, such as, greater than or equal to 70%, greater than or equal to 75%, greater than or equal to 80%, greater than or equal to 85%, greater than or equal to 90%, etc. By employing a common transparent interlayer, such as standard transparent PVB, the product cost can be greatly reduced, and the market competitiveness of the product can be improved.
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Exemplarily, the metal absorption layer 12 may be a metal coating. The metal absorption layer 12 may be made of a combination of one or more of nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), zirconium (Zr), silicon (Si), or niobium (Nb). The thickness of the metal absorption layer 12 may range from 1 nm to 15 nm, preferably from 3 nm to 12 nm, and more preferably from 5 nm to 10 nm. The metal absorption layer 12 with an appropriate thickness cannot only absorb visible light, but also cooperate with the anti-reflective layer 13 to further reduce the visible-light reflectivity of the glass substrate 11.
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In addition, the cooperation of the anti-reflective layer 13 and the metal absorption layer 12 can greatly reduce the visible-light reflectivity of the inner surface 11a of the glass substrate 11, therefore the mirror effect of the sunroof glass 10 when viewed from the inside of the vehicle can be eliminated, and the user experience can be improved.
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the anti-reflective layer 13 includes at least one stacking including a high refractive-index layer 131 and a low refractive-index layer 132. The high refractive-index layer 131 is connected to the metal absorption layer 12. The low refractive-index layer 132 is connected to the high refractive-index layer 131 and is away from the metal absorption layer 12. A refractive index of the high refractive-index layer 131 is greater than or equal to 1.7. A refractive index of the low refractive-index layer 132 is less than 1.7.
The stacking of high refractive-index layer 131 and low refractive-index layer 132 is formed by the high refractive-index layer 131 and the low refractive-index layer 132 which are sequentially stacked. For example, one stacking of high refractive-index layer 131 and low refractive-index layer 132 includes a high refractive-index layer 131 and a low refractive-index layer 132 in sequence. Two stackings of high refractive-index layer 131 and low refractive-index layer 132 include a high refractive-index layer 131, a low refractive-index layer 132, a high refractive-index layer 131, and a low refractive-index layer 132 in sequence. Three stackings of high refractive-index layer 131 and low refractive-index layer 132 include a high refractive-index layer 131, a low refractive-index layer 132, a high refractive-index layer 131, a low refractive-index layer 132, a high refractive-index layer 131, and a low refractive-index layer 132 in sequence. The thickness of the high refractive-index layer 131 may range from 1 nm to 70 nm (both inclusive). In a specific application scenario, the high refractive-index layer 131 may further include at least two high refractive-index sub-layers. For example, the stacking of high refractive-index layer 131 and low refractive-index layer 132 may be specifically a first high refractive-index sub-layer, a second high refractive-index sub-layer, and the low refractive-index layer 132. A refractive index of the first high refractive-index sub-layer is less than a refractive index of the second high refractive-index sub-layer. The thickness of the low refractive-index layer 132 may range from 20 nm to 150 nm (both inclusive).
Exemplarily, a refractive index of the high refractive-index layer 131 may range from 1.7 to 2.5 (both inclusive). A refractive index of the low refractive-index layer 132 may range from 1.4 to 1.69 (both inclusive). The high refractive-index layer 131 may be made of an oxide or an alloy oxide of zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), Nb, Ti, Ni, Cr, and tantalum (Ta), such as zinc tin oxide (ZnSnOx), titanium oxide (TiOx), niobium oxide (NbOx), etc. Alternatively, the high refractive-index layer 131 may be made of a nitride or an alloy nitride of Si, Zr, and aluminium (Al), such as silicon nitride (SiNx), silicon-based aluminum nitride (SiAlNx), silicon-based zirconium nitride (SiZrNx), etc. The low refractive-index layer 132 may be made of an oxide or an alloy oxide of Si, Zr, and Al, such as silicon oxide (SiOx), silicon-based aluminum oxide (SiAlOx), silicon-based zirconium oxide (SiZrOx), etc. The value of x is determined according to the stoichiometry, sub-stoichiometry, or super-stoichiometry in the magnetron sputtering process.
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In another specific application scenario, the high refractive-index layer 131 in the anti-reflective layer 13 includes two high refractive-index sub-layers, and the anti-reflective layer 13 is arranged in a structure of a first high refractive-index sub-layer 1311—a second high refractive-index sub-layer 1312—the low refractive-index sub-layer 132 in a direction away from the inner surface 11a of the inner glass 111. Specifically, as illustrated in
In yet another specific application scenario, the anti-reflective layer 13 includes two stackings of high refractive-index layer 131 and low refractive-index layer 132, and the two stackings are in a structure in which the high refractive-index layer 131 and the low refractive-index layer 132 are periodically and alternately arranged in the direction away from the inner surface 11a of the inner glass 111, where the outermost layer (i.e., the layer farthest from the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111) is the low refractive-index layer 132. Specifically, as illustrated in
In embodiments of the present disclosure, by using a suitable glass substrate 11, and adjusting the material and thickness of the metal absorption layer 12 and the material and thickness of the anti-reflective layer 13, a reflected color of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a has a value of a ranging from −6 to 2 (both inclusive) and a value of b ranging from −12 to 0 (both inclusive) in a color space Lab. Therefore, the color of the sunroof glass 10 viewed from the inside of the vehicle is preferably a neutral color, so that the passenger can enjoy a better visual effect inside the vehicle.
In a possible implementation, as illustrated in
Exemplarily, the thickness of the first protective layer 15 may be greater than or equal to 5 nm. The first protective layer 15 may be made of an oxide or an alloy oxide of Zn, Sn, Ti, Si, Al, Nb, Zr, Ni, magnesium (Mg), Cr, Ta, etc., or may be made of a nitride or an alloy oxynitride of Si, Al, Zr, boron (B), Ti, etc. The alloy oxide refers to an oxide of at least two elements. The alloy oxynitride refers to an oxynitride of at least two elements.
In another possible implementation, as illustrated in
Exemplarily, the second protective layer 16 may be made of a nitride or an alloy oxynitride of Si, Al, Zr, Ti, B, Ni, etc., such as, SiNx, SiAlNx, SiZrNx, etc. The thickness of the second protective layer 16 is greater than or equal to 3 nm. Considering the influence of the second protective layer 16 on the anti-reflective layer 13, preferably, the thickness of the second protective layer 16 is less than or equal to 30 nm. More preferably, the thickness of the second protective layer 16 ranges from 5 nm to 20 nm.
In another possible implementation, as illustrated in
It may be noted that not only can the color of the sunroof glass 10 be adjusted by adjusting the material and the thickness of the metal absorption layer 12 and the material and the thickness of the anti-reflective layer 13, but also the color of the sunroof glass 10 can be adjusted by adjusting the material and the thickness of the first protective layer 15 and the material and the thickness of the second protective layer 16, which is not strictly limited in embodiments of the present disclosure.
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Specifically, the first protective layer 15 may be directly disposed on the first surface 1111. The low-emissivity layer 17 is disposed at one side of the first protective layer 15 away from the inner glass 111. The barrier layer 18 is disposed at one side of the low-emissivity layer 17 away from the first protective layer 15. It can be understood that the first protective layer 15 is disposed on the surface of the inner glass 111, so that alkali metal ions and the like in the inner glass 11 can be blocked from entering the coating structure, thereby protecting the layers between the first protective layer 15 and the second protective layer 16. The low-emissivity layer 17 is disposed at one side of the first protective layer 15 away from the glass substrate 11, so that the sunroof glass 10 has an excellent low-emissivity effect. The barrier layer 18 is disposed at one side of the low-emissivity layer 17 away from the first protective layer 15, so that due to the arrangement of the barrier layer 18 between the metal absorption layer 12 and the low-emissivity layer 17, performance degradation or even failure of the metal absorption layer 12 or the low-emissivity layer 17 caused by mutual influence of the metal absorption layer 12 and the low-emissivity layer 17 can be prevented.
A method for manufacturing sunroof glass 10 is further provided in the present disclosure. The specific structure of the sunroof glass 10 can refer to
S100, inner glass 111 is provided, where the inner glass 111 has a first surface 1111 and a second surface 1112 opposite to the first surface 1111.
S200, a metal absorption layer 12 and an anti-reflective layer 13 are sequentially stacked on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111.
S300, a glass substrate 11 is prepared, where the glass substrate 11 includes inner glass 111, outer glass 112, and an interlayer 113 connected between the inner glass 111 and the outer glass 112, and an inner surface 11a of the glass substrate 11 is the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111.
Specifically, S200 and S300 are described as follows.
S200, the metal absorption layer 12 and the anti-reflective layer 13 are sequentially stacked on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111.
First, the metal absorption layer 12 and the anti-reflective layer 13 are deposited on the first surface 1111 by a magnetron sputtering process.
Exemplarily, a first protective layer 15, a low-emissivity layer 17, a barrier layer 18, a metal absorption layer 12, a high refractive-index layer 131, a low refractive-index layer 132, and a second protective layer 16 are respectively deposited and stacked on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 in sequence by means of the magnetron sputtering.
S300, the glass substrate 11 is prepared.
The glass substrate 11 includes the inner glass 111, the outer glass 112, and the interlayer 113 connected between the inner glass 111 and the outer glass 112. The inner surface 11a of the glass substrate 11 is the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111. After the metal absorption layer 12 and the anti-reflective layer 13 are deposited on the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering, the first protective layer 15, the low-emissivity layer 17, the barrier layer 18, the second protective layer 16, and the like may be further deposited, and an infrared reflecting layer 14 may be further deposited on the third surface 1121 of the outer glass 112. A high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. The temperature range of the high-temperature bending treatment may range from 550° C. to 700° C. (both inclusive). Then the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 are connected by the interlayer 113, a visible-light transmittance of the interlayer 113 may range from 1% to 30%. The outer glass 112, the inner glass 111, and the interlayer 113 are formed into a laminated glass structure by a vehicle-glass production process.
Six examples and four comparative examples are further provided in the present disclosure to analyze and study the performance of the sunroof glass 10.
Outer glass 112 and inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. A first protective layer 15 (a Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 10 nm), a metal absorption layer 12 (a NiCr layer with the thickness of 6.5 nm), a high refractive-index layer (a TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm), and a low refractive-index layer (a SiO2 layer with the thickness of 36 nm) are sequentially deposited on a first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of magnetron sputtering. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 36 nm constitute an anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, a high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then grey PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and a visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as an interlayer 113. Finally, a laminated glass structure is formed by a vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The metal absorption layer 12 (the NiCr layer with the thickness of 6.5 nm), the high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm), the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 32 nm), a second protective layer 16 (a Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 15 nm) are sequentially deposited on a first surface 1111 of the inner glass 11 by mean of the magnetron sputtering. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 32 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The first protective layer 15 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 10 nm), the metal absorption layer 12 (the NiCr layer with the thickness of 6.5 nm), the high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm), the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 34 nm), and the second protective layer 16 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 15 nm) are sequentially deposited on a first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 34 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then, the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The first protective layer 15 (a ZnSnOx layer with the thickness of 10 nm), the metal absorption layer 12 (the NiCr layer with the thickness of 6.5 nm), the high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm), the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 34 nm), and the second protective layer 16 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 15 nm) are sequentially deposited on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 34 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The first protective layer 15 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 10 nm), a low-emissivity layer 17 (a ITO layer with the thickness of 138 nm), a barrier layer 18 (a Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 10 nm), the metal absorption layer 12 (the NiCr layer with the thickness of 8.5 nm), the high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 34 nm), the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 63 nm), and the second protective layer 16 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 10 nm) are sequentially deposited on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 34 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 63 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are grey glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm and the transmittance of about 40-50%. The first protective layer 15 (a SiN layer with the thickness of 10 nm), the metal absorption layer 12 (the NiCr layer with the thickness of 7.2 nm), the high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm), the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 36 nm), and the second protective layer 16 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 15 nm) are sequentially deposited on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 26 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 36 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 90% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. No coating is deposited. The high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 5 nm) and the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 130 nm) are sequentially deposited on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering, while no metal absorption layer 12 is deposited. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 5 nm and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 130 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 10 nm), the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 48 nm), the high refractive-index layer (the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 106 nm), and the low refractive-index layer (the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 96 nm) are sequentially deposited on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering, while no metal absorption layer 12 is deposited. The TiO2 layer with the thickness of 10 nm, the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 48 nm, the TiO2 layer with the thickness of 106 nm, and the SiO2 layer with the thickness of 96 nm constitute the anti-reflective layer 13. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
The outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111 each are clear glass with the thickness of 2.1 mm. The first protective layer 15 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 16 nm), the metal absorption layer 12 (the NiCr layer with the thickness of 7.5 nm), and the second protective layer 16 (the Si3N4 layer with the thickness of 58 nm) are sequentially deposited on the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 by means of the magnetron sputtering, while no anti-reflective layer 13 is not deposited. After the deposition of the coating is finished, the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the outer glass 112 and the inner glass 111. Then the PVB with the thickness of 0.76 mm and the visible-light transmittance of about 10% is prepared as the interlayer 113. Finally, the laminated glass structure is formed by the vehicle-glass production process.
Visible-light reflectivities, reflected colors of laminated glass structures of comparative examples 1 to 4 and example 3 are measured, and measurement results are shown in Table 1.
The visible-light reflectivity (after high-temperature heat treatment) of the inner glass measured from the first surface is a visible-light reflectivity of one sheet of inner glass directly measured from the first surface after the high-temperature bending treatment is performed on the inner glass deposited with the coating and before the laminated glass structure is formed. The visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass measured from the inner surface is a visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass measured from the inner surface after the outer glass subjected to the high-temperature bending treatment, the inner glass deposited with the coating, and the interlayer are formed into the laminated glass structure by the vehicle-glass production process.
It can be seen from Table 1 that in comparative example 1, the visible-light reflectivity of the inner glass 111 without the deposited metal absorption layer 12 and the deposited anti-reflective layer 13 is greater than 8%. Then, even if the inner glass 111 without the deposited metal absorption layer 12 and the deposited anti-reflective layer 13, the interlayer 113, and the outer glass 112 are formed into the laminated glass structure as the sunroof glass 10, the visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is still greater than 4%, and a relatively obvious mirror effect exists.
In comparative example 2, by disposing the anti-reflective layer 13, that is, a stacking including the high refractive-index layer 131 and the low refractive-index layer 132, the visible-light reflectivity of the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 is reduced to 5%-6%. Then the anti-reflective layer 13, the inner glass 111, the interlayer 113, and the outer glass 112 are formed into the laminated glass structure as the sunroof glass 10. The visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is less than 3%. However, through the Lab color test, it is found that when viewed from the inside of the vehicle, the reflected color by the sunroof glass 10 is reddish-purple, which considerably deviates from the neutral color, and is not easily accepted by the passenger.
In comparative example 3, by disposing two stackings each including the high refractive-index layer 131 and the low refractive-index layer 132, the visible-light reflectivity of the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 is reduced to 4%-5%. Then, the two stackings each including the high refractive-index layer 131 and the low refractive-index layer 132, the inner glass 111, the interlayer 113, and the outer glass 112 are formed into the laminated glass structure as the sunroof glass 10. The visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is less than 2%. When viewed from the inside of the vehicle, the reflected color of the sunroof glass 10 is also relatively neutral. However, the sum thickness of the coating is 260 nm, which is not conducive to the manufacturing process and is relatively high in production cost.
In comparative example 4, by employing a nickel-chromium alloy (NiCr) as the metal absorption layer 12, the visible-light reflectivity of the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 is less than 4%. Then, the metal absorption layer 12, the inner glass 111, the interlayer 113, and the outer glass 112 are formed into the laminated glass structure as the sunroof glass 10. The visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is less than 3%. However, through the Lab color test, it is found that when viewed from the inside of the vehicle, the reflected color of the sunroof glass 10 is considerably deviated from the neutral color, and is not easily accepted by the passenger.
By comparison, it is found that with the coating structure of example 3, the visible-light reflectivity of the first surface 1111 of the inner glass 111 can be less than 4%. Then the coating structure, the inner glass 111, the interlayer 113, and the outer glass 112 are formed into the laminated glass structure as the sunroof glass 10. The visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is less than 2%. In addition, when viewed from the inside of the vehicle, the reflected color of the sunroof glass 10 also meets the requirement of neutral color. Compared to comparative example 3, the sum thickness of the coating in example 3 is about one third of the sum thickness of the coating in comparative example 3, thereby providing significant advantages in terms of manufacturing process and cost.
Visible-light reflectivities and reflected colors of laminated glass structures of examples 1 to 6 are measured, and measurement results are shown in Table 2.
The visible-light reflectivity (before the high-temperature heat treatment) of the inner glass measured from the first surface is a visible-light reflectivity of one sheet of inner glass directly measured from the first surface after deposition of the coating on the inner glass and before the high-temperature bending treatment. The visible-light reflectivity (after the high-temperature heat treatment) of the inner glass measured from the first surface is a visible-light reflectivity of one sheet of inner glass directly measured from the first surface after the high-temperature heat treatment is performed on the inner glass deposited with the coating and before the laminated glass structure is formed. The visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass measured from the inner surface is a visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass measured from the inner surface after the outer glass subjected to the high-temperature bending treatment, the inner glass deposited with the coating, and the interlayer are formed into the laminated glass structure by the vehicle-glass production process.
It can be seen from Table 2 that in each of examples 1 to 6, the visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is less than 4%, or less than 3% or even less than 2%. In addition, in each of examples 1 to 6, a reflected color of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface has a value of a ranging from −6 to 2 (both inclusive) and a value of b ranging from −12 to 0 (both inclusive). In other words, in examples 1 to 6, the sunroof glass 10 can eliminate the mirror effect inside the vehicle and has an excellent neutral color viewed from the inside of the vehicle. In example 6, grey glass is employed as the outer glass and the inner glass, but due to the technical solution of the present disclosure, the visible-light reflectivity less than 2% can still be obtained as well as the requirement of the neutral color can be met.
In examples 1 to 4 and example 6, the sum thickness of the first protective layer 15, the metal absorption layer 12, the anti-reflective layer 13, and the second protective layer 16 may be less than or equal to 200 nm, preferably less than or equal to 150 nm, and even less than or equal to 100 nm, thereby providing significant advantages in terms of manufacturing process and cost.
In addition, it can be seen from example 2 that, when no first protective layer 15 is disposed, during the high-temperature bending treatment of the inner glass 111 deposited with the coating, the metal absorption layer 12 may be partially oxidized, and finally the visible-light reflectivity of the inner glass 111 measured from the first surface after the high-temperature bending treatment is greatly improved. As a result, after the inner glass 111 with no first protective layer 15, the interlayer 113, and the outer glass 112 are formed into the laminated glass structure as the sunroof glass 10, the visible-light reflectivity of the sunroof glass 10 measured from the inner surface 11a is less than 4%, and the reflected color of the sunroof glass 10 viewed from the inside of the vehicle also meets the requirement of neutral color, but Lab values of the reflected color in example 2 are not as excellent as Lab values of the reflected color in other examples.
In example 4, the first protective layer 15 is made of ZnSnOx, while in example 3, the first protective layer 15 is made of Si3N4. The visible-light reflectivity of the inner glass 111 is measured from the first surface. Compared to example 3, before and after the high-temperature bending treatment, the change in visible-light reflectivity in example 4 is greater than the change in visible-light reflectivity in example 3. Preferably, the first protective layer 15 is made of nitrides of Si, which is further beneficial to improving the thermal stability of the coating and reducing the oxidation degree of the metal absorption layer 12.
It can be seen from example 5 that even if the low-emissivity layer 17 is additionally disposed, in addition to the low-emissivity function of the sunroof glass 10, the low visible-light reflectivity and the excellent neutral color can still be maintained.
The above are exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. It may be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of the present disclosure, and these improvements and modifications also belong to the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202210109009.0 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2023/071636, filed Jan. 10, 2023, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210109009.0, filed Jan. 28, 2022, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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Parent | PCT/CN2023/071636 | Jan 2023 | WO |
Child | 18753167 | US |