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High electric insulation and hard protective waterproof coating on metal foil for flexible solar cell and smart paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2012

Masataka Murahara ,
Yuji Sato  and
Toshio Ohkawara
Masataka Murahara
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus of Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan Innovative Research Initiatives, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan M Hikari & Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Yuji Sato
Affiliation:
Innovative Research Initiatives, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Toshio Ohkawara
Affiliation:
M Hikari & Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
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Abstract

An electric insulation resistant coating has been developed by using photo-oxidized silicone oil. The silicone oil was exposed to ultraviolet⊈light in the air; which transformed the organic silicone oil into an inorganic amorphous glass film. Conventional large-area solar panels and smart papers are made of glass or plastic; in addition to being well insulated, waterproof, transparent, and hard, the panels are desirable to be light in weight and flexible. Here, metal foil is dipped into dimethylsiloxane silicone oil, and the silicone oil on the foil surface is irradiated with Xe2 excimer lamplight. Oxygen adsorbed on the sample surface is photo-excited by the irradiation to produce active oxygen. This active oxygen reacts with the silicone oil photo-excited and forms inorganic glass. With the process of the photo-oxidation, the silicone oil is vitrified, being inorganic.

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photochemicalcoatingthin film
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1401: Symposium T – Large-Area Processing and Patterning for Active Optical and Electronic Devices III , 2012 , mrsf11-1401-t05-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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