Encapsulation composition for photovoltaic cell module and photovoltaic cell module comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9093585-B2
Application number	US-201313902450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2013
Priority date	Nov 26, 2010
Publication date	Jul 28, 2015
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015

Abstract

The present application relates to an encapsulation composition and a photovoltaic cell module comprising the same, which may provide an encapsulation composition having excellent adhesivity of glass and modules with other members as well as excellent transparency, heat stability, ultraviolet stability and impact resistance. Therefore, the present application may provide a photovoltaic cell module that no peeling-off among elements, and the like, is caused, even when the module is used for a long time.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An encapsulation composition comprising an ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer which satisfies the following General Formula 1; and a silane-modified ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer, wherein the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying the following General Formula 1 has a melt flow index (MI) of 0.2 to 50 g/10 min,
wherein the silane-modified ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer is contained in an amount of 10 to 900 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1:
Re×Rc≦ 1.0  [General Formula 1]

wherein Re represents kee/kec, and Re represents kcc/kce, where kee represents a growth reaction rate constant when ethylene is added to a growing chain in which a terminal activating point is an ethylene monomer, kec represents a growth reaction rate constant when an alpha olefin comonomer is added to a growing chain in which a terminal activating point is an ethylene monomer, kcc represents a growth reaction rate constant when an alpha olefin comonomer is added to a growing chain in which a terminal activating point is an alpha olefin comonomer, and kce represents a growth reaction rate constant when an ethylene monomer is added to a growing chain in which a terminal activating point is an alpha olefin comonomer.

2. The encapsulation composition of claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1 has a density of 0.85 to 0.91 g/cm 3 .

3. The encapsulation composition of claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1 has a polydispersity index (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 3.5.

4. The encapsulation composition of claim 1 , wherein the silane-modified ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer is in the form of a copolymer in which silane monomers are included in the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1 in a copolymerized form, or a graft copolymer in which silane monomers are engrafted into the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1.

5. The encapsulation composition of claim 1 , further comprising a second ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer that the molecular weight or density thereof is different from that of the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1.

6. The encapsulation composition of claim 5 , wherein the second ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer to be further comprised is contained in an amount of 10 to 1,000 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the encapsulation composition.

7. The encapsulation composition of claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer satisfying General Formula 1 is an alternating copolymer.

8. The encapsulation composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a ultraviolet absorber, a light stabilizer, an antioxidant, glass fibers and glass bubbles.

9. An encapsulant comprising an encapsulation composition according to claim 1 .

10. The encapsulant of claim 9 , wherein the encapsulant has a sheet or film form.

11. The encapsulant of claim 10 , wherein the encapsulant has a thickness of 0.2 to 0.8 mm.

12. A method of preparing an encapsulant comprising a step of forming an encapsulation composition according to claim 1 into a sheet or film form.

13. A photovoltaic cell module comprising:
a supporting substrate;
a photovoltaic cell or a photovoltaic cell array formed on the supporting substrate;
a light receiving substrate formed on the photovoltaic cell or the photovoltaic cell array; and
an encapsulating layer comprising an encapsulation composition according to claim 1 , wherein the photovoltaic cell or the photovoltaic cell array is encapsulated between the supporting substrate and the light receiving substrate.

14. The photovoltaic cell module of claim 13 , wherein the encapsulating layer is a single layer; or a multi-layer comprising a first layer configured to encapsulate the photovoltaic cell or the photovoltaic cell array in contact with the light receiving substrate and a second layer configured to encapsulate the photovoltaic cell or the photovoltaic cell array in contact with the supporting substrate.

15. The photovoltaic cell module of claim 13 , wherein the encapsulating layer has a light transmission of 92% or more.

16. The photovoltaic cell module of claim 13 , wherein the encapsulating layer has a haze of 14% or less.

17. The photovoltaic cell module of claim 13 , wherein the encapsulating layer has a peeling strength of 60 N/15 mm or more.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Beom Doo
• Chae Hoon
• Lee Choong Hoon
• Choi Sung Ho
• Park Seung Ki

Classifications

• H10W74/47

  comprising organic materials, e.g. plastics or resins · CPC title

• H10F77/50

  Encapsulations or containers (for photovoltaic modules H10F19/80) · CPC title

• H10F19/80

  Encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells · CPC title

• H10F19/804 Primary

  Materials of encapsulations · CPC title

• C08F2500/12

  Melt flow index or melt flow ratio · CPC title