Investigation of the crosslinking behaviour of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) for solar cell encapsulation by rheology and ultrasound

Polymer Testing

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 904-908

  Stark, W ^a   Jaunich, M ^a   Bohmeyer, W ^b   Lange, K ^b  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b SLT Sensor und Lasertechnik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Curemeter; DSC; Ethylene vinyl acetate; EVA; Rheology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKING REACTION; CUREMETERS; DSC; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EVA; PEROXIDE-INITIATED CROSSLINKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; SOLAR MODULE;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RHEOLOGY;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84864124700     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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