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US 8,409,379 B2Granted
Multilayer structures containing a fluorinated copolymer resin layer and an ethylene terpolymer layer
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsSam Louis Samuels, George Wyatt Prejean
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Abstract
Disclosed is a multilayer film laminate comprising a layer consisting essentially of a fluorinated copolymer resin and a layer consisting essentially of an ethylene terpolymer. The ethylene terpolymer layer can be used as an encapsulant layer for solar cells and the multilayer laminate is useful as a component of photovoltaic modules. Methods for preparing photovoltaic modules are also included.
Claims15
A transparent multilayer film laminate comprising:
- A. a first film layer comprising a fluorinated copolymer resin composition wherein i) the fluorinated copolymer comprises copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene and at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, perfluorinated comonomers, and combinations thereof, and ii) at least one surface of the first film layer has been modified by a surface treatment;
- B. a second film layer comprising a polymeric material comprising a terpolymer consisting essentially of copolymerized units of i) ethylene;
- ii) a first olefin of the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, wherein R1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms;
- and iii) a second olefin of the formula CH2═C(R3)D, wherein R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and D is —CO2R5—R4, wherein R4 is a moiety containing an epoxy group and R5 is an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms;
- wherein a surface of the second film layer is adhered to the modified surface of the first film layer and the multilayer film laminate has an average peel strength between the first film layer and the second film layer of greater than 5 lbf/in, measured after exposing the multilayer film laminate to conditions of 85° C. and 85% relative humidity for 1000 hours.
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