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US 2025/0043088 A1Published application
Hydrolysis stable compositions for films in solar cells
AssigneeLANXESS Deutschland GmbH
InventorWilhelm LAUFER
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Abstract
The present invention relates to polyester and carbodiimide containing transparent films for solar cells, which are characterized by improved resistance to hydrolysis, and also to the solar cells comprising these films. The carbodiimides have a number-average molar mass Mn of >1000 to <2000 g/mol, determined by GPC, measured in tetrahydrofuran (THF) against polystyrene as standard.
Claims15
A solar cell module comprising a film comprising having at least one polyester and at least one polymeric carbodiimide according to formula (I)
- where:
- R1 may be identical or different and is selected from the group comprising NHCONHR3, —NHCONR3R4 or —NHCOOR5, wherein:
- R3 and R4 are identical or different and represent a C1-C12-alkyl, C6-C12- cycloalkyl, C7-C18-aralkyl radical or aryl radical, and
- R5 represents a C1-C22-alkyl, C6-C12-cycloalkyl, C6-C18-aryl or C7-C18-aralkyl radical, an unsaturated alkyl radical having 2-22 carbon atoms,-or an alkoxypolyoxy-C1-C12-alkylene radical,
- R6, R7 and R8 are each independently methyl or ethyl, but only a maximum of one of the radicals R6, R7 and R8 is methyl, and
- n denotes 1 to 5, and
- the at least one polymeric carbodiimide has a number-average molar mass Mn of >1000 to <2000 g/mol, determined by GPC, measured in tetrahydrofuran (THF) against polystyrene as standard wherein the film is transparent and stable to hydrolysis.
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A solar cell module comprising a transparent film containing
- polylactide (PLA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or a combination thereof;
- and
- about 0.5 to about 2.5% by weight of at least one polymeric carbodiimide according to formula (I)
- where:
- R1 may be identical or different and is selected from the group comprising NHCONHR3, —NHCONR3R4 or —NHCOOR5, wherein:
- R3 and R4 are identical or different and represent a C1-C12-alkyl, C6-C12- cycloalkyl, C7-C18-aralkyl radical or aryl radical, and
- R5 represents a C1-C22-alkyl, C6-C12-cycloalkyl, C6-C18-aryl or C7-C18-aralkyl radical, an unsaturated alkyl radical having 2-22 carbon atoms,-or an alkoxypolyoxy-C1-C12-alkylene radical,
- R6, R7 and R8 are each independently methyl or ethyl, but only a maximum of one of the radicals R6, R7 and R8 is methyl, and
- n denotes 1 to 5, and
- the at least one carbodiimide has a number-average molar mass Mn of >1000 to <2000 g/mol, determined by GPC, measured in tetrahydrofuran (THF) against polystyrene as standard
- wherein the film is stable to hydrolysis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.