Coated article with low-E coating including zirconium oxide and/or zirconium silicon oxynitride and methods of making same

US8389121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.) · LU
• Guardian Industries Corp. · US

Inventors

• Bernd Disteldorf · Mettlach, DE
• Philip J. Lingle · Temperance, US
• Jingyu Lao · Saline, US
• Brent Boyce · Novi, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/265
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This application relates to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating. In certain embodiments, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO2) or zirconium silicon oxynitride (e.g., ZrSiOxNy). When a layer comprising zirconium oxide or zirconium silicon oxynitride is provided as the uppermost or overcoat layer of the coated article (e.g., over a silicon nitride based layer), this results in improved chemical and heat stability in certain example embodiments. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or in other suitable applications such as monolithic window applications, laminated windows, and/or the like.