Process for making transparent polymer-based materials for solar panels
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsHaleema Alamri, Maryah Almaghrabi, Aziz Fihri
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Abstract
Described is a transparent polymer-based composite and a method for preparing a transparent polymer-based composite. The transparent polymer-based composite includes an activated polycarbonate and one or more nanoparticles grafted to the activated polycarbonate. The activated carbonate is formed via a transcarbonation reaction of a mixture of a carbonic acid species having terminal ester groups and a bisphenol-A with sodium hydroxide and ortho-dichlorobenzene. The transparent polymer-based composite may be used to replace the glass front-sheet of solar panels for photovoltaic applications.
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A transparent polymer-based composite, comprising:
- an activated polycarbonate formed via a transcarbonation reaction of a mixture of a carbonic acid species having terminal ester groups and a bisphenol-A with sodium hydroxide and ortho-dichlorobenzene;
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- one or more dendritic fibrous nanoparticles grafted to the activated polycarbonate,
- wherein the one or more dendritic fibrous nanoparticles is an inorganic filler grafted to the activated polycarbonate via one or more urethane bonds.
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