A Comprehensive Indoor and Outdoor Aging of the Cross-Linked EVA Encapsulant Material for Photovoltaic Conversion

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-11-2015

Abstract

The goal of this research is to better understand the effect of aging on thermal relaxations, physical properties, and thermo-mechanical properties of the cross-linked EVA. The results suggest that for the aged EVA, recrystallization due to the UV photo-degradation is the dominant physical process occurring during indoor aging. The aged EVA shows clear evidence several additional secondary melting peaks, as well as changes in the main melting region. Higher temperature levels during outdoor exposure caused greater changes in the polymer morphology, which led to stiffening of the polymer and solar cell delamination due to adhesion loss of the packaging system.

Identifier

84929087098 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Polymer Plastics Technology and Engineering

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1080/03602559.2014.974278

e-ISSN

15256111

ISSN

03602559

First Page

719

Last Page

729

Issue

7

Volume

54

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