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News Release from: Dow Corning | Subject: PV 6010, 7010 and 7020
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 September 2007
Encapsulant and potting agents are made
for solar
Materials remain flexible and stable over wide temperature variations and offer easy reparability and global availability.
Dow Corning's Solar Solutions Group has extended its range with an encapsulant and two potting agents that have been tested and qualified for solar applications "We're taking the guesswork out of figuring out which of the hundreds of available coatings, encapsulants, potting agents, sealants, adhesives and other related products work best for demanding solar energy applications", says Donald L Buchalski, Senior Marketing Specialist, PV Module Assembly and Integration, for Dow Corning's Solar Solutions Group
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Dow Corning PV 6010 cell encapsulant forms a clear, durable protective laminate layer over the surface of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy cells, providing proven corrosion and delamination protection.
It also provides electrical, high-temperature and ultraviolet stability with no discoloration, ideal for consumer goods' PV applications.
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Dow Corning PV 7010 and PV 7020 potting agents are designed to insulate PV cells' electrical junction boxes, providing excellent, cost-effective electrical insulation and long-lasting protection from moisture, heat and other environmental conditions.
These materials remain flexible and stable over wide temperature variations (-40 to +150C) and offer easy reparability and global availability.
PV 7010 offers a faster cure rate, whereas PV 7020 has greater viscosity and thermal conductivity.
In September 2006 Dow Corning's Solar Solutions Group introduced PV 1101 - the industry's first commercially available solar-grade silicon feedstock derived from metallurgical silicon - which extends manufacturers' limited supplies of polycrystalline silicon, the key raw material used in solar cell production.
Dow Corning's long-term commitment to sustainability and to the PV industry is supported by major investments in expanding manufacturing capabilities for metallurgical grade silicon in Brazil and polycrystalline silicon at Hemlock Semiconductor Corp in Michigan.
Hemlock - a joint venture among majority owner Dow Corning, Shin-Etsu Handotai and Mitsubishi Materials Corp - is the world's largest maker of polycrystalline silicon.
To meet the solar industry's soaring demand for polycrystalline silicon, Hemlock is investing US $500 million to double its production capacity by 2008, and expects to complete another $1 billion expansion by 2011.
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