Transparent ATO/epoxy nanocomposite coating with excellent thermal insulation property

Author

Shi-Gang Mei ; Wang-Jing Ma ; Guang-Lei Zhang ; Jian-Lei Wang ; Jin-hui Yang ; Yuan-Qing Li

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Shijiazhuang Tiedao Univ., Shijiazhuang, China

Volume

7

Issue

1

fYear

2012

fDate

1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Transparent antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO)/epoxy nanocomposites, as glass thermal insulation coating, were prepared by incorporating ATO nanoparticles into a transparent epoxy matrix. The effect of ATO content on the optical and thermal insulation property of ATO/epoxy coating was studied. The results show that the ATO/epoxy coating with 1 wt ATO has excellent optical properties, that is, visible light transmittance above 50 and shading coefficient of 0.54 are simultaneously achieved. In addition, the large temperature difference between the chambers coated respectively with the ATO/epoxy glass sheet and the common glass sheet indicates that the prepared ATO/epoxy nanocomposite coating has excellent thermal insulation property.

Keywords

antimony; coatings; epoxy insulation; glass; infrared spectra; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; particle reinforced composites; semiconductors; thermal insulation; tin compounds; visible spectra; SnO₂:Sb; glass thermal insulation coating; nanoparticles; optical property; shading coefficient; transparent epoxy matrix; transparent nanocomposite coating; visible light transmittance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro & Nano Letters, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1750-0443

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/mnl.2011.0558

Filename

6140910