Overview of scientific issues involved in selection of polymers for PV applications

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 000085-000090

  Kempe, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOUPLING COMPONENTS; ENCAPSULANT MATERIALS; ENCAPSULANTS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOISTURE INGRESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; STRAIN RELIEF; SUPERSTRATES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; STRESS RELIEF; STRESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84861024869     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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