Acetic acid production and glass transition concerns with ethylene-vinyl acetate used in photovoltaic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-329

  Kempe, Michael D ^a   Jorgensen, Gary J ^a   Terwilliger, Kent M ^a   McMahon, Tom J ^a   Kennedy, Cheryl E ^a   Borek, Theodore T ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Corrosion; Encapsulant; EVA; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ENCAPSULATION; GLASS TRANSITION; PH EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRICAL ISOLATION; SURFACE CORROSION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33845291165     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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