Abstract
Significant effort has been devoted in this work to convert bare glass substrate with high transmittance, into reflective layers to know its suitability for modern applications. The glass substrate has been carefully chosen for its durability, high permeability, and ability to withstand any external stresses as a result of the accumulation of layers that reduce its permeability to convert it with the thin films coated on it into reflective materials. In parallel, the thin layer to be coated on the substrate is selected from films that can withstand external influences and their great optical properties, not to mention that they are cheap and can produce highly reflective surfaces. The optical measurements (transmittance and reflectance spectra) have been performed in the UV, Vis and NIR regions of the spectrum, that is, in the range between 300 and 1200 nm. Such measurements have been made for the bare glass substrate, the glass substrate with the Al (top side), and the glass substrate with Ag on it (bottom side), and then the optical measurements have been made for the three layers. The corresponding optical parameters of each layer have been calculated and ultimately a reflective layer with high electrical conductivity and excellent optical properties has been obtained that can be adapted for different application purposes.