EVA ENCAPSULANTS FOR PV MODULES - RELIABILITY ISSUES AND CURRENT RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT STATUS AT NREL

Authors
PERN FJ GLICK SH CZANDERNA AW
Citation
Fj. Pern et al., EVA ENCAPSULANTS FOR PV MODULES - RELIABILITY ISSUES AND CURRENT RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT STATUS AT NREL, Renewable energy, 8(1-4), 1996, pp. 367-370
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels
Journal title
Renewable energy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09601481
Volume
8
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
367 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-1481(1996)8:1-4<367:EEFPM->2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We briefly summarize ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) reliability issues a nd report our R&D results. These results include EVA degradation effec ts, discoloration factors, approaches to mitigate the EVA discoloratio n, improved photostability of modified EVA formulations, and plans to identify the best encapsulation schemes and to develop appropriate met hodologies for predicting service life of PV modules.