WO2013130122A1 - Continuous edge protected barrier assemblies - Google Patents

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WO2013130122A1
WO2013130122A1 PCT/US2012/049147 US2012049147W WO2013130122A1 WO 2013130122 A1 WO2013130122 A1 WO 2013130122A1 US 2012049147 W US2012049147 W US 2012049147W WO 2013130122 A1 WO2013130122 A1 WO 2013130122A1
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Mark D. Weigel
Michael D. Delmore
Dennis M. Brunner
Andrew T. Ruff
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Priority to JP2014559880A priority patent/JP6208695B2/ja
Priority to KR1020147026891A priority patent/KR101883030B1/ko
Priority to EP12869606.9A priority patent/EP2819555B1/en
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  • Fig. 4 and 5 show one exemplary alternative exemplary construction made in accordance with the method and teachings generally described herein.
  • the assembly of Figs. 4 and 5 does not include protective layer segments between the terminal edges of adjacent discrete segments of barrier layer.
  • the multilayer barrier film is transmissive to visible and infrared light.
  • transmissive to visible and infrared light means having an average transmission over the visible and infrared portion of the spectrum of at least about 75% measured along the normal axis.
  • the visible and infrared light-transmissive assembly has an average transmission over a range of 400 nm to 1400 nm of at least about 75% (in some embodiments at least about 80, 85, 90, 92, 95, 97, or 98%).
  • Visible and infrared light-transmissive assemblies are those that do not interfere with absorption of visible and infrared light, for example, by photovoltaic cells.
  • the multilayer barrier film is flexible.
  • the term "flexible” as used herein refers to being capable of being formed into a roll. In some embodiments, the term “flexible” refers to being capable of being bent around a roll core with a radius of curvature of up to 7.6 centimeters (cm) (3 inches). Some embodiments have a radius of curvature of up to 6.4 cm (2.5 inches), 5 cm (2 inches), 3.8 cm (1.5 inch), or 2.5 cm (1 inch). In some embodiments, the flexible assembly can be bent around a radius of curvature of at least 0.635 cm (1/4 inch), 1.3 cm (1/2 inch) or 1.9 cm (3/4 inch).
  • Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a weatherable sheet.
  • the weatherable sheet can be monolayered or multilayered.
  • the weatherable sheet is flexible and/or transmissive to visible and infrared light and/or includes organic film-forming polymers.
  • Some exemplary materials that can form weatherable sheets include polyesters, polycarbonates, polyethers, polyimides, polyolefins, fluoropolymers, and combinations thereof.
  • the electronic device is, for example, a solar device, it may be desirable for the weatherable sheet to be resistant to degradation by ultraviolet (UV) light.
  • UV ultraviolet
  • a variety of stabilizers may be added to the weatherable sheet to improve its resistance to UV light.
  • stabilizers include at least one of ultraviolet absorbers (UVA) (e.g., red shifted UV absorbers), hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS), and/or anti-oxidants. These additives are described in further detail below.
  • UVA ultraviolet absorbers
  • HALS hindered amine light stabilizers
  • anti-oxidants anti-oxidants.
  • the phrase "resistant to degradation by ultraviolet light” means that the weatherable sheet includes at least one ultraviolet absorber or hindered amine light stabilizer.
  • the phrase "resistant to degradation by ultraviolet light” means that the weatherable sheet at least one of reflects or absorbs at least 50 percent of incident ultraviolet light over at least a 30 nanometer range in a wavelength range from at least 300 nanometers to 400 nanometers.
  • the weatherable sheet need not include UVA or HALS.
  • the article should withstand an exposure of at least 18,700 kJ/m 2 at 340 nm before the b* value obtained using the CIE L*a*b* space increases by 5 or less, 4 or less, 3 or less, or 2 or less before the onset of significant cracking, peeling, delamination or haze.
  • PSAs useful for practicing the present disclosure comprise
  • polyisobutylene resins are commercially available, for example, from Exxon Chemical Co. under the trade designation "VISTANEX”, from Goodrich Corp., Charlotte, NC, under the trade designation "HYCAR”, and from Japan Butyl Co., Ltd., Kanto, Japan, under the trade designation "JSR BUTYL”.
  • a polyisobutylene useful for practicing the present disclosure may have a wide variety of molecular weights and a wide variety of viscosities. Polyisobutylenes of many different molecular weights and viscosities are commercially available.
  • the "hydrogenated" hydrocarbon tackifier component may include a partially hydrogenated resin (e.g., having any hydrogenation ratio), a completely hydrogenated resin, or a combination thereof.
  • the hydrogenated hydrocarbon tackifier is completely hydrogenated, which may lower the moisture permeability of the PSA and improve the compatibility with the polyisobutylene resin.
  • the hydrogenated hydrocarbon tackifiers are often hydrogenated cycloaliphatic resins, hydrogenated aromatic resins, or combinations thereof.
  • the substrate is a polymeric film.
  • polymeric will be understood to include organic homopolymers and copolymers, as well as polymers or copolymers that may be formed in a miscible blend, for example, by co-extrusion or by reaction, including transesterification.
  • polymer and copolymer include both random and block copolymers.
  • the substrate has a modulus (tensile modulus) up to 5 x 10 9 Pa.
  • the tensile modulus can be measured, for example, by a tensile testing instrument such as a testing system available from Instron, Norwood, MA, under the trade designation "INSTRON 5900".
  • the tensile modulus of the substrate is up to 4.5 x 10 9 Pa, 4 x 10 9 Pa, 3.5 x 10 9 Pa, or 3 x 10 9 Pa.
  • the substrate is heat-stabilized (e.g., using heat setting, annealing under tension, or other techniques) to minimize shrinkage up to at least the heat stabilization temperature when the support is not constrained.
  • the solar assembly includes a backsheet.
  • backsheets are polymeric films, and in many embodiments are multilayer polymer films.
  • 3MTM ScotchshieldTM film commercially available from 3M
  • EFE ethylenetetrafluoroethylene

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CN201280071031.5A CN104159478B (zh) 2012-03-01 2012-08-01 一种连续多层膜及其制造方法
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