Featured in Empowered with PV – 12-2017

Agfa upbeat for new mono-backsheet

Module technology: Agfa has developed a backsheet that consists of a single layer – an innovation that could well prove advantageous in the field, offering further opportunities to reduce delamination, lower LCOE, and result in boosted efficiency thanks to higher reflectivity.

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Sraisth

08 Dec 2017

Werner Vandevelde (left) and Cesar Campos (right) of Agfa. The company’s single-layer backsheet offers several advantages to module performance.

As varied as today’s backsheet materials are, they all share one thing in common: All types consist of multiple layers that are laminated together. These multi-layers might even be produced in a common so-called coextrusion process and laminated at the same time. Nevertheless, the layers are physically separated across the profile of the backsheet. Combined, …

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