The effect of damp-heat and UV aging tests on the optical properties of silicone and EVA encapsulants

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-300

  McIntosh, Keith R ^a   Powell, Nick E ^b   Norris, Ann W ^b   Cotsell, James N ^a   Ketola, Barry M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

damp heat; encapsulation; EVA; module; silicone; UV

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ACCELERATED AGING TEST; AGING TESTS; AT-WAVELENGTH; DAMP-HEAT; DRY-OUT; ENCAPSULANTS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EVA; INCIDENT LIGHT; MODULE; MODULE EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL EXPERIMENTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PRE-CONDITIONING; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELIABILITY STANDARD; TEST SAMPLES; UV; UV EXPOSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ETHYLENE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROCHANNELS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TESTING;

SILICONES;

EID: 79953665041     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1025     Document Type: Article

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