Modeling of rates of moisture ingress into photovoltaic modules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2720-2738

  Kempe, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Encapsulant; EVA; Humidity; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CORROSION; DIFFUSION; ENCAPSULATION; ETHYLENE; MOISTURE; PROTECTION; SOLUBILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VINYL RESINS;

ENCAPSULANT; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TRUE HERMETIC SEAL;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33745656416     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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