Polypropylene compositions for a layer element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10934422-B2
Application number	US-201615771910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2016
Priority date	Oct 28, 2015
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a polymer composition for a layer element, to a use of the polypropylene composition for producing at least one layer of a layer element, preferably of a layer element of an article, preferably of a photovoltaic module, to a layer element, preferably a layer element of an article, preferably of a photovoltaic module, wherein said layer element comprises at least one layer comprising the polymer composition, as well as to an article, which is preferably a photovoltaic module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A layer element comprising at least one layer that includes a polypropylene composition (CA), the polypropylene composition (CA) comprising:
5 to 50 wt % of a heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A) which has a Melting temperature (Tm) of at least 145° C. (DSC), and a Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 90° C. (according to ASTM D 1525, method A, 50° C./h, 10N), and which comprises
a polypropylene matrix component (a1) and
an elastomeric propylene copolymer component (a2) which is dispersed in said polypropylene matrix (a1), and

20 to 60 wt % of a heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B) which has a Melting temperature (Tm) of at least 145° C. (DSC), and a Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 90° C. (according to ASTM D 1525, method A, 50° C./h, 10N), and which comprises:
a polypropylene matrix component (b1) and
an elastomeric propylene copolymer component (b2) which is dispersed in said polypropylene matrix (b1),

10 to 40 wt % of an inorganic filler,
0 to 30 wt % of an plastomer, and
0.3 to 5 wt % of an additive(s) other than the inorganic filler,
based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polypropylene composition;
wherein the XCS of heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B) is higher than the XCS of heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A).

2. The layer element according to claim 1 , wherein the polypropylene composition (CA) has one or more, in any order, of the following features:
a Tensile modulus of at least 900 MPa,
an MFR 2 of 1.0 to 25.0, g/10 min, when measured according to ISO 1133 (at 230° C. with 2.16 kg load),
a Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of 100 to 200° C.

3. The layer element according to claim 1 , wherein the polypropylene composition (CA) comprises:
5 to 50 wt % of the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A),
25 to 45 wt % of the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B),
10 to 40 wt % of the inorganic filler,
0 to 30 wt % of a plastomer, and
0.3 to 5 wt % of additives;
based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polypropylene composition.

4. The layer element according to claim 1 , wherein the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A) of the polypropylene composition (CA) in any order of the following properties:
MFR 2 of 0.2 to 15.0 g/10 min when measured according to ISO 1133 (at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load),
Xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction in amount of 3 to 30 wt,
Comonomer content of 0.5 to 20 wt %
Melting temperature, Tm, of 158 to 170° C.,
Flexural modulus of at least 900 MPa,
Density of 900 to 910 kg/m 3 , and/or
Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 100° C.

5. The layer element according to claim 1 , wherein the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B) of the polypropylene composition (CA) has one or more, in any order of the following properties:
MFR 2 of 3.0 to 25.0 g/10 min, when measured according to ISO 1133 (at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load),
Xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction in amount of 10 to 60 wt %,
Comonomer content of 5.0 to 35 wt %,
Melting temperature, Tm, of 158 to 170° C.,
Flexural modulus of less than 1000 Mpa,
Density of 900 to 910 kg/m 3 , and/or
Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 90° C.

6. The layer element according to claim 1 , wherein the layer element, comprises at least one layer which comprises the polypropylene composition (CA); and optionally, at least another layer which comprises the polypropylene composition (CB), which comprises:
0 to 60 wt % of a heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A) which has a Melting temperature (Tm) of at least 145° C. (DSC), and a Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 90° C. (according to ASTM D 1525, method A, 50° C./h, 10N), and which comprises:
a polypropylene matrix component (a1) and
an elastomeric propylene copolymer component (a2) which is dispersed in said polypropylene matrix (a1), and

15 to 85 wt % of a heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B) which has a Melting temperature (Tm) of at least 145° C. (DSC), and a Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 90° C. (according to ASTM D 1525, method A, 50° C./h, 10N), and which comprises
a polypropylene matrix component (b1) and
an elastomeric propylene copolymer component (b2) which is dispersed in said polypropylene matrix (b1),

15 to 45 wt % of an inorganic filler,
0 to 30 wt % of an adhesive polymer,
0 to 30 wt % of a plastomer, and
0.3 to 5.0 wt % of an additive(s) other than the inorganic filler;
based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polypropylene composition;
wherein, if the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A) is present, then the XCS of heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B) is higher than the XCS of heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A).

7. The layer element according to claim 6 , wherein the layer element is a multilayer element comprising, in the given order, at least first layer/second layer/third layer, wherein at least the first layer comprise(s) the polypropylene composition (CB), and the second layer comprises the polypropylene composition (CA).

8. The layer element according to claim 6 , which is a layer element of an article, comprising, in the given order, at least first layer/second layer/third layer.

9. The layer element according to claim 6 , wherein the polypropylene composition (CB) has one or more, in any order, of the following features:
a Tensile modulus of at least 900 MPa,
an MFR 2 of 1.0 to 25.0, g/10 min, when measured according to ISO 1133 (at 230° C. with 2.16 kg load),
a Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of 100 to 200° C.

10. The layer element according to claim 6 , wherein the polypropylene composition (CB) comprises:
0 to 60 wt % of the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (A),
15 to 60 wt % of the heterophasic copolymer of propylene (B),
15 to 45 wt % of the inorganic filler,
0 to 30 wt % of an adhesive polymer,
0 to 30 wt % of a plastomer, and
0.3 to 5.0 wt % of additives;
based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polypropylene composition.

11. The layer element according to claim 6 , wherein the heterophasic copolymer (A) of the polypropylene composition (CB) has one or more, in any order, of the following features:
MFR 2 of 0.2 to 15.0 g/10 min when measured according to ISO 1133 (at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load),
Xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction in amount of 3 to 30 wt,
Comonomer content of 0.5 to 20 wt %
Melting temperature, Tm, of 158 to 170° C.,
Flexural modulus of at least 900 MPa,
Density of 900 to 910 kg/m 3 , and/or
Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 100° C.

12. The layer element according to claim 6 , wherein the heterophasic copolymer (B) of the polypropylene composition (CB) has one or more, in any order, of the following properties:
MFR 2 of 3.0 to 25.0 g/10 min, when measured according to ISO 1133 (at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load),
Xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction in amount of 10 to 60 wt %,
Comonomer content of 5.0 to 35 wt %,
Melting temperature, Tm, of 158 to 170° C.,
Flexural modulus of less than 1000 Mpa,
Density of 900 to 910 kg/m 3 , and/or
Vicat softening temperature (Vicat A) of at least 90° C.

Assignees

• Borealis Ag
• Isovoltaic Solinex GmbH

Inventors

• Sandholzer Martina
• Broeders Bert
• Krumlacher Werner
• Muckenhuber Harald
• Plank Michaela
• Schenk Verena
• Bernreitner Klaus

Classifications

• H10F19/804

  Materials of encapsulations · CPC title

• H10F19/85

  Protective back sheets · CPC title

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• C08L2207/02

  Heterophasic composition · CPC title

• C08L23/14

  Copolymers of propene (C08L23/16 takes precedence) · CPC title