Electronic devices comprising two encapsulant films

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10164137-B2
Application number	US-201414777693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Priority date	Apr 22, 2013
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

An electronic device comprises a first encapsulating film in direct contact with a light-receiving and transmitting film and a second encapsulating film in direct contact with a back sheet. The first encapsulating film has a zero shear viscosity greater than that of the second encapsulating film. The back sheet of the electronic device contains fewer bumps than the back sheet of a comparable electronic device having a first encapsulating film with a zero shear viscosity less than or equal to that of the second encapsulating film.

First claim

We claim:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first encapsulating film in direct contact with a light-receiving and transmitting film, the first encapsulating film comprising a blend of
a silane-grafted ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer comprising 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % alkoxysilane, based on the total weight of the silane-grafted ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer, grafted to a first ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer, and
a second ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer, and

a second encapsulating film in direct contact with a back sheet, the second encapsulating film comprising a blend of
a silane-grafted ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer comprising from 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % alkoxysilane, based on the total weight of the silane-grafted ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer, grafted to a third ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymer, and
from 20 wt % to 40 wt % of a fourth ethylene/alpha-olefin random copolymer, based on the total weight of the second encapsulating film,

wherein the first and second ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymers are the same and the third and fourth ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymers are the same,
wherein each of the third and fourth ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymers has a melt index from 10 g/10 min to 20 g/10 min,
wherein the second encapsulating film has a zero shear viscosity from 500 Pa·s to 900 Pa·s,
wherein the first encapsulating film has a zero shear viscosity greater than the zero shear viscosity of the second encapsulating film, and
wherein the zero shear viscosity of the first encapsulating film is within 700 Pa·s to 5000 Pa·s of the zero shear viscosity of the second encapsulating film.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the back sheet contains fewer bumps than an comparable electronic device, wherein the comparable electronic device is identical to the electronic device except that the first encapsulating film of the comparable electronic device has a zero shear viscosity less than or equal to that of second encapsulating film of the comparable electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the zero shear viscosity of the first encapsulating film is within 3,000 to 4,000 Pas of the shear viscosity of the second encapsulating film.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the second encapsulating film has a zero shear viscosity of 600 to 900 Pa a·s.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the silane-grafted ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer of the second encapsulating film comprises from 60 wt % to 70 wt % of the second encapsulating film based on total weight of the second encapsulating film.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the each of the first, second, third and fourth ethylene/alpha-olefin random interpolymers is an ethylene/octene polymer.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer of the second encapsulating film comprises from 30 wt % to 40 wt % of the second encapsulating film based on total weight of the second encapsulating film.

Assignees

• Dow Global Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Nanjundiah Kumar
• Naumovitz John A
• White Michael D

Classifications

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• H01L31/0488 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/0481

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/049

  Electricity · mapped topic