UV lamp spectral effects on the aging behavior of encapsulants for photovoltaic modules
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T1 - UV lamp spectral effects on the aging behavior of encapsulants for photovoltaic modules
AU - Heidrich, Robert
AU - Barretta, Chiara
AU - Mordvinkin, Anton
AU - Pinter, Gerald Gerhard
AU - Oreski, Gernot
AU - Gottschalg, Ralph
N1 - Funding Information: We acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG) - project number 491460386 - and the Open Access Publishing Fund of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Furthermore, we acknowledge funding by TotalEnergies. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Polymer encapsulants used in photovoltaic (PV) modules experience severe UV aging during more than 25 years of module’s operation. However, the current standard qualification tests cannot provide a sufficient solution able to mimic the UV exposure in the field. IEC 61215 defines the requirements for UV stability of PV modules with very low cumulative UV dosage. While the new IEC 62788-7-2 imposes higher UV dosages on polymers films, the used UV testing procedure allows the use of either UV-A fluorescence lamps or xenon lamps, yielding different spectra. The given work compares the effect of different lamp spectra, based on IEC 62788-7-2, on the aging behavior of the encapsulant. For this purpose, coupons (glass/encapsulant/busbar/encapsulant/backsheet) using the common encapsulant ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) and the emerging encapsulants polyolefine (POE) and thermoplastic polyolefine (TPO) were manufactured. The samples were weathered under different UV conditions for a total duration of 2500 h with extraction times of 250 h. Photodegradation was observed for all encapsulants and weathering types. However, in general the weathering with UV-A lamps inflicted significantly less damage. The formation of unsaturated carbon bonds because of polymer backbone decomposition was only reported for xenon lamp weathering. The carried out experiments suggest that xenon lamps, providing more realistic accelerated aging, should be predominately used in the UV weathering standards in the PV industry, whose current versions are to be accordingly reconsidered.
AB - Polymer encapsulants used in photovoltaic (PV) modules experience severe UV aging during more than 25 years of module’s operation. However, the current standard qualification tests cannot provide a sufficient solution able to mimic the UV exposure in the field. IEC 61215 defines the requirements for UV stability of PV modules with very low cumulative UV dosage. While the new IEC 62788-7-2 imposes higher UV dosages on polymers films, the used UV testing procedure allows the use of either UV-A fluorescence lamps or xenon lamps, yielding different spectra. The given work compares the effect of different lamp spectra, based on IEC 62788-7-2, on the aging behavior of the encapsulant. For this purpose, coupons (glass/encapsulant/busbar/encapsulant/backsheet) using the common encapsulant ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) and the emerging encapsulants polyolefine (POE) and thermoplastic polyolefine (TPO) were manufactured. The samples were weathered under different UV conditions for a total duration of 2500 h with extraction times of 250 h. Photodegradation was observed for all encapsulants and weathering types. However, in general the weathering with UV-A lamps inflicted significantly less damage. The formation of unsaturated carbon bonds because of polymer backbone decomposition was only reported for xenon lamp weathering. The carried out experiments suggest that xenon lamps, providing more realistic accelerated aging, should be predominately used in the UV weathering standards in the PV industry, whose current versions are to be accordingly reconsidered.
KW - EVA
KW - IEC 62788
KW - POE
KW - Spectroscopy
KW - TPO
KW - UV degradation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85179127554&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112674
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112674
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85179127554
VL - 266.2024
JO - Solar energy materials and solar cells
JF - Solar energy materials and solar cells
SN - 0927-0248
IS - March
M1 - 112674
ER -