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Title: Defining Threshold Values of Encapsulant and Backsheet Adhesion for PV Module Reliability

Abstract

The width-tapered cantilever beam method is used to quantify the debond energy (adhesion) of encapsulant and backsheet structures of 32 modules collected from the field. The collected population of modules contains both those that have remained intact and those with instances of either or both encapsulant and backsheet delamination. From this survey, initial threshold values (an adhesion value above which a module should remain intact throughout its lifetime) for encapsulant and backsheet interfaces are proposed. For encapsulants this value is ~ 160J/m2 and for backsheets ~ 10J/m2. Here, it is expected that these values will continue to be refined and evolve as the width-tapered cantilever beam method gets adopted by the PV industry, and that they may aid in the future improvement of accelerated lifetime tests and the development of new, low-cost materials.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1405279
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5J00-69023
Journal ID: ISSN 2156-3381
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2156-3381
Publisher:
IEEE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING; adhesive strength; reliability; photovoltaic cells

Citation Formats

Bosco, Nick, Eafanti, Joshua, Kurtz, Sarah, Tracy, Jared, and Dauskardt, Reinhold. Defining Threshold Values of Encapsulant and Backsheet Adhesion for PV Module Reliability. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2746682.
Bosco, Nick, Eafanti, Joshua, Kurtz, Sarah, Tracy, Jared, & Dauskardt, Reinhold. Defining Threshold Values of Encapsulant and Backsheet Adhesion for PV Module Reliability. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2746682
Bosco, Nick, Eafanti, Joshua, Kurtz, Sarah, Tracy, Jared, and Dauskardt, Reinhold. Wed . "Defining Threshold Values of Encapsulant and Backsheet Adhesion for PV Module Reliability". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2746682. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1405279.
@article{osti_1405279,
title = {Defining Threshold Values of Encapsulant and Backsheet Adhesion for PV Module Reliability},
author = {Bosco, Nick and Eafanti, Joshua and Kurtz, Sarah and Tracy, Jared and Dauskardt, Reinhold},
abstractNote = {The width-tapered cantilever beam method is used to quantify the debond energy (adhesion) of encapsulant and backsheet structures of 32 modules collected from the field. The collected population of modules contains both those that have remained intact and those with instances of either or both encapsulant and backsheet delamination. From this survey, initial threshold values (an adhesion value above which a module should remain intact throughout its lifetime) for encapsulant and backsheet interfaces are proposed. For encapsulants this value is ~ 160J/m2 and for backsheets ~ 10J/m2. Here, it is expected that these values will continue to be refined and evolve as the width-tapered cantilever beam method gets adopted by the PV industry, and that they may aid in the future improvement of accelerated lifetime tests and the development of new, low-cost materials.},
doi = {10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2746682},
journal = {IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics},
number = 6,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Evaluating and predicting molecular mechanisms of adhesive degradation during field and accelerated aging of photovoltaic modules
journal, July 2018

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