Intelligence Brief

XeroCoat's anti-reflective coating technology receives patent grants

17 November 2008

XeroCoat has recently received notice of issuance of three separate patents for its method of production and morphology control of silica and silica-like films.
 
Initial patent grants have been received from Singapore and Australia.
 
Additional patent grants from the US, Europe, Japan, China, Canada, India, Mexico, and New Zealand are anticipated over the next 18 months.
 
Post this development, solar module manufacturers will soon be able to licence XeroCoat's anti-reflective coating technology and integrate it into their module manufacturing process.
 
The XeroCoat anti-reflective coating technology has application to the entire range of solar energy technologies, including concentrating photovoltaics and solar thermal.
 
According to the company, the combination of a single-layer optical coating and graded low-refractive index enables XeroCoat's anti-reflective coating to achieve the highest attainable optical performance for any type of solar cover glass. Utilising XeroCoat's coating, solar module makers can expect a three percent increase in power output on a peak watt basis and a four percent increase in energy produced on a kWhr basis.
 
XeroCoat's patented technology utilises a single layer coating step followed by a low-temperature curing process that integrates directly into the module manufacturing process.