Patent ID: 8470434

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: (I) a transparent glass substrate; (II) a mixed layer; and (III) a transparent electroconductive layer comprising a doped oxide, wherein the mixed layer is interposed between the transparent glass substrate and the transparent electroconductive layer, wherein the mixed layer comprises i) a first nitride, oxide, oxynitride, or oxycarbide, and ii) a second nitride, oxide, oxynitride, or oxycarbide, and wherein at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: (A) a face of the mixed layer on the side of the transparent glass substrate consists of 2 to 20 nm of at least one first nitride, oxide, oxynitride, or oxycarbide; (B) a face of the mixed layer opposite to the transparent glass substrate consists of 2 to 20 nm of at least one second nitride, oxide, oxynitride, or oxycarbide; and (C) the assembly further comprises a linking layer, which is a non-doped oxide of the transparent electroconductive layer that links the mixed layer to the electroconductive layer, a cumulative thickness of the linking layer and the transparent electroconductive layer being from 700 to 2000 nm, and a ratio of the thickness of the linking layer to the thickness of the transparent electroconductive layer being from 1:4 and 4:1.