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Schwinger, Laura ; Lehmann, Sebastian ; Zielbauer, Lukas ; Scharfe, Benedikt ; Gerdes, Thorsten:
Aluminum Coated Micro Glass Spheres to Increase the Infrared Reflectance.
In: Coatings.
Vol. 9
(2019)
Issue 3
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- No. 187.
ISSN 2079-6412
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9030187
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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
Abstract
The reflective properties of micro glass spheres (MGS) such as Solid Micro Glass Spheres (SMGS, “glass beads”) and Micro Hollow Glass Spheres (MHGS, “glass bubbles”) are utilized in various applications, for example, as retro-reflector for traffic road stripe paints or facade paints. The reflection behavior of the spheres can be further adapted by coating the surfaces of the spheres, e.g., by titanium dioxide or a metallic coating. Such coated spheres can be employed as, e.g., mid infrared (MIR)-reflective additives in wall paints to increase the thermal comfort in rooms. As a result, the demand of heating energy can be reduced. In this paper, the increase of the MIR-reflectance by applying an aluminum coating on MGS is discussed. Aluminum coatings are normally produced via the well-known Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) or Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). In our work, the Liquid Phase Deposition (LPD) method, as a new, non-vacuum method for aluminum coating on spherical spheres, is investigated as an alternative, scalable, and simple coating process. The LPD-coating is characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and reflection measurements. The results are compared to a reference PVD-coating. It is shown that both sphere types, SMGS and MHGS, can be homogeneously coated with metallic aluminum using the LPD method but the surface morphology plays an important role concerning the reflection properties. With the SMGS, a smooth surface morphology and a reflectance increase to a value of 30% can be obtained. Due to a structured surface morphology, a reflection of only 5% could be achieved with the MHGS. However, post-treatments showed that a further increase is possible.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Keywords: | micro hollow glass spheres (MHGS); solid micro glass spheres (SMGS); liquid phase deposition (LPD); aluminum coating |
| DDC Subjects: | 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Former Professors > Chair Ceramic Materials - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Krenkel Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Former Professors > Chair Electrochemical Process Engineering - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Willert-Porada Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Former Professors Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Ceramic Materials |
| Language: | English |
| Originates at UBT: | Yes |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-4648-0 |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2020 11:16 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2020 11:16 |
| URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/4648 |
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