Adding Colour to the Solar Industry

Kromatix™ is coloured treated glass for photovoltaic (PV) and thermal panel applications involves the application of highly efficient and environmentally friendly nanotechnology surface treatments optimized for solar energy (photovoltaic and thermal). This means our product has no paint or tint, but atomic deposition transforming the solar glass into colour. Kromatix™ eliminates the significant efficiency losses associated with paint or tint colour technologies. Kromatix™ technology offers vast new opportunities combining full architectural design flexibility and unparalleled panel aesthetics with optimum panel performance for solar building integration solar energy applications.

Application

Standard PV moduleKX-GT-100
Standard PV moduleKX-GT-215
Standard PV moduleKX-GT-360
Standard PV moduleKX-GT-430
Standard PV moduleKX-GT-550
Standard PV moduleKX-GT-800
Standard PV moduleKX-GT-860
Kromatix™ glass is the front glass layer of a solar panel and can be applied to a large variety of solar powered products and technologies. For facade applications we currently experience the highest demand in photovoltaic and thermal applications.
SwissINSO can deliver Kromatix™ glass stand alone or deliver a complete coloured solar (PV or Thermal) panels in various sizes and thicknesses.

Kromatix™ Technology

Kromatix™ glass is obtained by combining two different surface treatments:
  • A multi-layered coating is deposited on the inner glass surface by low pressure plasma processes. Its constitutive materials are exclusively characterized by high solar transmittance, minimal absorption and high durability while maximizing high angular colour stability. No pigments or dyes (paint) are used so that the colour does not fade out with the passage of time or due to sun exposure.
  • Treatment of the outer glass surface results in diffused reflection. This prevents glare effects and reinforces the masking effect of the solar devices technical parts, further enhancing aesthetics.

Colour Principle

The colours of nature all around us are produced by different aspects of the interaction of light with matter. The most common is light interacting with coloured pigments and dyes which absorb and reflect certain light wavelengths. Colour has however sometimes a purely physical origin as created by diffraction or interference of light. It is a known fact that many butterflies obtain their colour thanks to interference phenomena.
Applying this technique to solar glass a good compromise has to be found, as the higher the reflectance, the lower the transmittance and the energetic performance of the solar device on which the coloured glass cover is installed. This is why the colour changes as the angle changes.
Kromatix™ is currently available in ten colours, KX-GT-380 (Dark-Grey), KX-GT-360 (Grey), KX-GT-410 (a lighter Grey), KX-GT-860 (Green), KX-GT-800 (Bluish-Green), KX-GT-215 (Blue), KX-GT-430 (Bronze), KX-GT-470 (Brass), KX-GT-100 (Gold), KX-GT-550 (Orange).