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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Jerrel C. Anderson, Vienna, WV (US);
Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);
Geraldine M. Lenges, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles Anthony Smith, Vienna, WV (US);
Jerrel C. Anderson, Vienna, WV (US);
Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);
Geraldine M. Lenges, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles Anthony Smith, Vienna, WV (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A thermoplastic film or sheet having a thickness of about 1 mil (0.026 mm) to about 20 mils (0.51 mm) containing a surface embossed layer comprising a copolymer of alpha olefin(s) with alpha, beta ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid comonomer(s), ionomers derived therefrom and combinations thereof useful for making solar cell laminates, wherein the surface is embossed with a pattern which provides channels for de-airing, the channels having depth of about 20 microns or less, a width of about 30 microns to about 300 microns and spaced about 0.1 mm to about 1 mm apart, and use thereof in photovoltaic cells and the manufacture thereof.