Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
This is the third Flat-Plate Solar Array (FSA) Project document reporting on chemical bonding technology for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules. The impetus for this work originated in the late 1970s when PV modules employing silicone encapsulation materials were undergoing delamination during outdoor exposure. At that time, manufacturers were not employing adhesion promoters and, hence, module interfaces in common with the silicone materials were only in physical contact and therefore easily prone to separation if, for example, water were to penetrate to the interfaces. Delamination with silicone materials virtually vanished when adhesion promoters, recommended by silicone manufacturers, were used. The activities related to the direct investigation of chemically bonded interfaces are described.
Keywords:
CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS (GENERAL)
Type:
NASA-CR-176657
,
JPL-PUB-86-6
,
DOE/JPL-1012-120
,
NAS 1.26:176657
Format:
application/pdf
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