Featured in Solar Superheroes – 09-2015

Testing new ground

Backsheets: Backsheet architecture has evolved. With the many materials, it has also become necessary to conduct the right tests to know if they can survive in the field.

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Shamsiah Ali Oettinger

27 Aug 2015

Despite only accounting for a small percentage with regards to the production costs in a solar module, PV backsheets serve very important functions. They not only protect the cells in the module, but they also protect the people handling the modules. The backsheet is responsible for weathering the elements that the module is exposed to, …

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