This disclosure concerns electrically conducting poly(pyrazoles). The concept of oligomerizing and polymerizing substituted aminopyrazole derivatives combined with a monomer activation procedure involving base-mediated conversion of the protonated pyrazole ring nitrogen to amine salt was developed. This disclosure concerns the specific chemistries needed for the synthesis of a pyrazole monomer used in the polymer synthesis. The procedure used for blending the novel polypyrazoles with other compounds needed for construction of solar cells for testing was developed. This disclosure concerns the concept of using these types of heteroatom-rich, electron-deficient oligomers or polymers as n-dopable or p-dopable electron acceptors in photovoltaic cells. This disclosure concerns synthesizing the starting monomer compounds and polypyrazoles.

The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module backsheet comprising, in order: photovoltaic module backsheet comprising a functional layer and a weather-resistant layer, wherein the backsheet is free of fluorinated polymers, characterized in that: i) the functional layer comprises a blend of polyethylene and a polyethylene copolymer, wherein at least 50 wt. % of the functional layer is polyethylene; and ii) the weather-resistant layer comprises, a first sub-layer facing the functional layer and a second sub-layer, wherein a) each of the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer comprise at least 50 wt. % polypropylene; and b) the second sub-layer has a lowest glass transition temperature (T.sub.g) below 40 C. The present invention also relates to a process for producing the backsheet and a photovoltaic module comprising the backsheet according to the present invention.

The present disclosure provides an encapsulating composition, a composition, an encapsulating glue film, an electronic component and a solar cell assembly. The encapsulating composition comprises polyolefin resin, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate and organic peroxide, and the structural formula of the polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate is represented by a formula (I). When the polyolefin resin is heated and melted, the ethylene glycol dimethacrylate is delaminated and aggregated in the polyolefin resin. A polymer network structure that has a three-dimensional network structure and that has several ester groups and ether bonds is formed in situ in a polyolefin resin matrix, and the polymer network structure may adsorb residual metal ions in the polyolefin resin, thereby reducing the mobility of the metal ions, so as to improve the dry insulation resistance of the polyolefin resin. In addition, said composition has simple components, readily available raw materials and low costs.

The present invention relates to the technical field of photoelectric materials, and in particular, to an alcohol dispersion of a conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene, and a method for preparing same and use of same. The present invention comprises a conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene and an alcohol, and the conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene comprises a polyethylenedioxythiophene cation and a fluorinated sulfonic acid ionomer counter anion. The present invention prepares a PEDOT alcohol dispersion by using an alcohol-dispersible highly fluorinated sulfonic acid ionomer as a counter anion to replace PSS, solving the hygroscopicity problem in conventional aqueous dispersions, and solving the problem that a conventional conductive aqueous dispersion of polyethylenedioxythiophene cannot be evenly applied on a hydrophobic surface due to high surface tension. The present invention has a simple synthesis process and is applicable to different substrates and different types of optoelectronic devices, thermoelectric devices, electrochromic thin films, and antistatic coatings, thus having broad prospects.

The present invention relates to a polymer composition, to a layer element, preferably to at least one layer element of a photovoltaic module, comprising the polymer composition and to an article which is preferably said at least one layer of a layer element, preferably of a layer element of a photovoltaic module.

Rear-side film for solar modules, which are embedded in EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) which are transparent and cross-linked at a temperature of more than 140 for rear-side film applied to the rear side of the EVA and hence binding same, wherein the rear-side film consists in a multi-layer construction comprising co-extruded layers of polyolefin that are directly connected with each other, of which layers a front layer comprising a layer thickness of less than 100 m is filled with pigments or reflecting particles in a weight proportion up to 20% and reinforced with subsequent layers to an overall strength of the rear-side film of over 300 m, wherein the layers consist overall or with a mixture proportion of non-cross-linked polypropylene, wherein the layers lying behind the front layer are filled at least partially with an inorganic stabilising filler with a weight proportion of up to 40% relative to the weight of the rear-side film, and a method for producing a rear-side film.

A polymer composition comprising: (a) from 50% by volume to 99% by volume, preferably from 70% by volume to 95% by volume, of at least one homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene; (b) from 1% by volume to 50% by volume, preferably from 5% by volume to 30% by volume, of at least two fillers having different thermal conductivity; (c) from 100 ppm to 4000 ppm, preferably from 200 ppm to 3500 ppm of at least one fluoropolymer; the sum of (a)+(b) being 100. Said polymer composition can be used as a phase change material (PCM), in particular for thermal energy storage (TES), more in particular for the storage of solar energy.

An extruded solar power back panel: an inner, middle, and outer layer arranged from the inside to the outside sequentially with a mass ratio of 10-40:40-80:10-40. Total thickness of the extruded solar power back panel is 0.1-0.6 mm. Highly rigid polypropylene added to inner layer ensures the bonding force between back panel and adhesive film, and improves inter-layer bonding force between back panel and polypropylene material in middle layer. Polyethylene, or a co-polymer thereof, added to the middle and outer layers, achieves excellent adhesion to polyethylene in inner layer, further improving inter-layer bonding force and low temperature thermal shock resistance of back panel. Added grafting material improves uniformity and inter-layer bonding force of product, increases the surface tension of back panel after corona treatment, and increases bonding force between back panel and silica gel used for sealing frame of solar cell.

The present invention relates to the technical field of photoelectric materials, and in particular, to an alcohol dispersion of a conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene, and a method for preparing same and use of same. The present invention comprises a conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene and an alcohol, and the conductive polyethylenedioxythiophene comprises a polyethylenedioxythiophene cation and a fluorinated sulfonic acid ionomer counter anion. The present invention prepares a PEDOT alcohol dispersion by using an alcohol-dispersible highly fluorinated sulfonic acid ionomer as a counter anion to replace PSS, solving the hygroscopicity problem in conventional aqueous dispersions, and solving the problem that a conventional conductive aqueous dispersion of polyethylenedioxythiophene cannot be evenly applied on a hydrophobic surface due to high surface tension. The present invention has a simple synthesis process and is applicable to different substrates and different types of optoelectronic devices, thermoelectric devices, electrochromic thin films, and antistatic coatings, thus having broad prospects.

Provided is a film comprising a polymer composition comprising a polymer produced from ethylene, one or more branched vinyl ester monomers, and optionally, vinyl acetate, with an ethylene content in an amount ranging from 40 to 99.9 wt %, and having a melt index (I.sub.2) from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min ASTM D1238 (190? C. and load of 2.16 kg). Also provided are a method of producing a film, an article comprising a film, a solar cell encapsulant comprising a film, a laminate comprising a film and a method of manufacturing an article.