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PUBLICATIONS

Interlaboratory study towards a climate-specific test: spectroscopic characterizations of EVA in glass/EVA/glass systems

Published

Author(s)

Jae Hyun Kim, Christopher M. Stafford, Yadong Lyu, Li C. Yu, Chiao-Chi Lin, Tinh Nguyen, Xiaohong Gu

Abstract

EVA as an encapsulant material is exposed to various UV irradiation, thermal cycles, and humidity conditions. Degradation of EVA can reduce not only power generation due to yellowing, but also a structural integrity of a PV module. In order to investigate degradation mechanisms of EVA in the PV modules, interlaboratory collaborations have been recently started, and the current study focuses on spectroscopic analyses of EVA samples after 180 days cumulative exposure.
Pub Type
Talks

Keywords

EVA, spectroscopic characterizations
Alternative energy, Materials and Polymers

Citation

, J. , Stafford, C. , Lyu, Y. , Yu, L. , Lin, C. , Nguyen, T. and Gu, X. (2016), Interlaboratory study towards a climate-specific test: spectroscopic characterizations of EVA in glass/EVA/glass systems (Accessed April 26, 2024)

Created February 23, 2016, Updated September 10, 2019