TY - JOUR A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Bohmeyer, W. A1 - Lange, K. T1 - Investigation of the crosslinking behaviour of ehtylene vinyl acetate (EVA) for solar cell encapsulation by rheology and ultrasound JF - Polymer testing N2 - EVA is a widely used material for the encapsulation of photovoltaic modules. It melts at elevated temperatures, and seals the module before it is crosslinked at temperatures above 130 °C by a peroxide-initiated crosslinking reaction. EVA has good optical properties necessary for application in solar modules. For process optimization and quality management, a method for the quick and reliable characterization of EVA crosslinking behaviour is of great value. Here, the practicability of ultrasound for online crosslinking monitoring is demonstrated. A sound velocity increase of about 8 m/s during the crosslinking reaction is found. The ultrasound results are compared with rheometer measurements performed with a curemeter typically used for the investigation of rubber crosslinking. KW - Ethylene vinyl acetate KW - EVA KW - Crosslinking KW - Ultrasound KW - Rheology KW - Curemeter KW - DSC PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.07.004 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 31 IS - 7 SP - 904 EP - 908 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-26291 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Jaunich, Matthias T1 - Investigation of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) by thermal analysis DSC and DMA JF - Polymer testing N2 - Two types of commercially applied Ethylene/Vinyl Acetate Copolymers (EVA) for encapsulation of photovoltaic modules were investigated by the thermal analysis methods of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) in the temperature range from -150 °C to 200 °C. Glass transition, crystal melting and cross-linking were analyzed. The aims of the investigations were to gain more information for incoming goods control and to get information about the whole temperature dependent material properties in the investigated temperature range, starting at very low temperatures up to the crosslinking temperature region. KW - EVA KW - Thermal analysis KW - DSC KW - DMA KW - Glass transition KW - Crystal melting KW - Cross-linking PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2010.12.003 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 30 IS - 2 SP - 236 EP - 242 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-23206 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Jaunich, Matthias T1 - Thermoanalytische Charakterisierung von Ethylen-Vinylacetat-Copolymer (EVA) für Photovoltaikmodule JF - OnSet N2 - Das Ziel der Untersuchungen war mit Hilfe von DSC und DMA EVA-Folien im Anlieferungszustand hinsichtlich der Lage der Glasübergangstemperatur, des Schmelzverhaltens und der Temperaturabhängigkeit der Vernetzungsreaktion zu charakterisieren. Auf dieser Basis sollte die Lieferstabilität im Sinne einer Wareneingangskontrolle auf eine messtechnische Basis gestellt werden. In einem 2. Schritt sollte die vernetzte Folie dahingehend charakterisiert werden, ob infolge der Vernetzung eine Änderung der KW - Photovoltaik KW - Klebfolie KW - EVA KW - DSC KW - DMA PY - 2011 VL - 8 SP - 3 EP - 5 AN - OPUS4-24168 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Böhning, Martin A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Teteris, G. A1 - Stark, W. T1 - Investigation of the curing state of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) for photovoltaic applications by gel content determination, rheology, DSC and FTIR JF - Polymer Testing N2 - The cure behaviour of a specific ethylene vinyl acetate material as used for encapsulation of photovoltaic modules was analysed by rheometer, differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to test for a suitable replacement for the laborious determination of gel content. The results show that all applied methods are capable of describing the effects of the cross-linking process. Some provide results very similar to those yielded by analysis of the insoluble content, but the question remains as to whether indirect methods should be preferred over the direct measurement of physical properties, e.g. as performed by the curemeter. A material stored for one year was also tested to demonstrate the effect of extended storage on cure behaviour and how this is detected by different methods. This complements the other methods, which were clearly able to detect the different cure behaviour of the aged EVA, whereas determination of the gel content could not. KW - Photovoltaic cell encapsulation KW - EVA KW - Incoming goods control KW - Insoluble content KW - Rheometer PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.03.013 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 52 IS - 1 SP - 133 EP - 140 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Oxford, UK AN - OPUS4-35918 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -