Evaluation of the aging behavior of ethylene copolymer films for solar applications under accelerated weathering conditions

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1040-1047

  Oreski, G ^a   Wallner, G M ^b  

^a POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ethylene copolymer films; Mechanical properties; Optical properties; PV encapsulation; Xenon weathering

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; ACRYLIC ACIDS; AGING BEHAVIOR; COMONOMER CONTENT; COMONOMERS; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DUCTILE BEHAVIOR; ETHYLENE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE COPOLYMER FILMS; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INITIAL VALUES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENCAPSULATIONS; PV ENCAPSULATION; SOLAR APPLICATIONS; WEATHERING BEHAVIOR;

ACIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; EROSION; ETHYLENE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SUN; WEATHERING; XENON;

FILMS;

AGING; DEGRADATION; ENCAPSULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC ACID; POLYMER; WEATHERING; XENON;

EID: 65949101673     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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