Transparent energy-saving glass with high resistance to solar heat

Qiao Xu; Xianglei Liu; Yimin Xuan

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.9.032710

22 December 2018 Transparent energy-saving glass with high resistance to solar heat

Qiao Xu, Xianglei Liu, Yimin Xuan

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 9, Issue 3, 032710 (December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.9.032710

Abstract

We design and fabricate a planar energy-saving glass with high transmission of visible light and a high resistance to infrared solar heat. The proposed glass is designed by combining a photonic crystal structure made of alternating low- and high-index dielectrics and a dielectric/metal/dielectric multilayers deposited on conventional glass substrates. After delicate optimizations, a high weight-averaged transmission of infrared solar energy (17%) and low transmission of ultraviolet light (14%) is obtained while retaining over 83% transmission of visible light. As a result, we achieve a high energy-saving efficiency of 83%, which is about 30% higher than that of uncoated glass. The proposed nanofabrication-free energy-saving design is expected to have promising applications in reducing energy consumption of buildings, cars, etc.

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Qiao Xu, Xianglei Liu, and Yimin Xuan "Transparent energy-saving glass with high resistance to solar heat," Journal of Photonics for Energy 9(3), 032710 (22 December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.9.032710

Received: 3 October 2018; Accepted: 3 December 2018; Published: 22 December 2018

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