USE OF POLYETHYLENE-BASED FILM IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE

• Main Authors: DEVISME, SAMUEL, BIZET, SÉPHANE, CARTIER, LAURENT B, CORFIAS ZUCCALLI, CATHERINE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.02.2017
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FILLING PASTES; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

THE INVENTION RELATES TO THE USE IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE OF A FILM OF A COMPOSITION AS A BACKSHEET OR AS AN ENCAPSULANT, THIS COMPOSITION COMPRISING, WITH RESPECT TO THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION: * FROM 1 TO 99% OF A POLYETHYLENE HAVING AN ETHYLENE WHOSE LEVEL BY WEIGHT IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 80% CHOSEN FROM THE HOMOPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE AND THE COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE AND ANOTHER ALPHA-OLEFIN; * FROM 99 TO 1 % OF A POLYOLEFIN B, OTHER THAN A. CARRYING A REACTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUP X CHOSEN FROM THE ANHYDRIDE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND EPOXIDES. ANOTHER SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE INVENTION IS A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE COMPRISING THE FILM OF THE COMPOSITION ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION AND ALSO A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS MODULE.