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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);

Geraldine M. Lenges, Wilmington, DE (US);

Steven C. Pesek, Orange, TX (US);

Sam Louis Samuels, Landenberg, PA (US);

Charles Anthony Smith, Vienna, WV (US);

Inventors:

Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);

Geraldine M. Lenges, Wilmington, DE (US);

Steven C. Pesek, Orange, TX (US);

Sam Louis Samuels, Landenberg, PA (US);

Charles Anthony Smith, Vienna, WV (US);

Assignee:

E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0203 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a solar cell module comprising at least one encapsulant layer which has 1) a total thickness of from about 0.1 to about 20 mils and 2) at least one surface layer made of ionomers containing a finite amount of polymerized residues of α-olefins and from about 18 to about 25 wt % of polymerized residues of α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids. The present invention also provides a process of manufacturing the solar cell module.


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