Development of a weatherable acrylic elastomer for solar cell encapsulationPoly-n-butylacrylate (PnBA) will be discussed as a potential candidate to be used in solar cell encapsulation. A new process has been developed in which PnBA can be readily cross-linked from a solvent-free syrup by a thermal process to give a highly flexible transparent film which does not creep significantly at temperature of up to 90 C. This process can be automated without the use of high cost capital equipment. Photodegradation of PnBA has also been modeled as a function of wavelengths and intensities. Its photostability will be discussed.
Document ID
19820050559
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Liang, R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Yavrouian, A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gupta, A. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Energy and Materials Research Section, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Subject Category
Nonmetallic Materials
Meeting Information
Meeting: Symposium on Materials and New Processing Technologies for Photovoltaics