Creep in photovoltaic modules: Examining the stability of polymeric materials and components

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 262-268

  Miller, David C ^a   Kempe, Michael D ^a   Glick, Stephen H ^a   Kurtz, Sarah R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGY; MODULE CONFIGURATIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RHEOMETRY; SITE-SPECIFIC; VISCO-ELASTIC;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOPLASTICS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 78650088692     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5615832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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