Low cost, single layer replacement for the back-sheet and encapsulant layers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7048, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kempe, Michael D ^a   Thapa, Prem ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRP Manufacturing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELLS; CORROSION PROTECTION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; COSTS; CYTOLOGY; DELAMINATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHYLENE; GLASS TRANSITION; HEAT RESISTANCE; MONOMERS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; RELIABILITY; STAINLESS STEEL;

ACCELERATED EXPOSURES; ELECTRICAL INSULATIONS; ENCAPSULANT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; HIGH VOLTAGES; LOW COSTS; LOWER COSTS; MATERIAL LAYERS; MATERIALS COSTS; MECHANICAL MODULUS; MELTING TRANSITIONS; MODULE DESIGNS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POLYMER LAYERS; PROTECTIVE MATERIALS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SINGLE LAYERS; SPECIFIC USES; STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS; STANDARD MATERIALS; STANDARD MODULES; WHITE PIGMENTS;

STEEL SHEET;

EID: 56249087217     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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10. The partial discharge test was generously conducted by Tamizh-Mani at ASU.