HIGH-STABILITY TITANIUM NITRIDE BASED SOLAR CONTROL FILMS

Triple-layer structures of TiO2/TiN/TiO2 and quadruple layer structures of TiO2/Al/TiN/TiO2 have been sputtered on glass substrates at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 300-degrees-C. The reflectance and transmittance were measured in the visible and the near-IR wavelength regions. The thin layer of aluminium, in the quadruple layer, oxidizes and forms a dense diffusion barrier. The multilayers exhibit improved optical selectivity which also improves with substrate temperature up to 300-degrees-C.