IP Library Granted Patent US 9,028,952
Granted Patent B2
US 9,028,952 · App. 13/122,992 · Granted May 12, 2015

Multilayered weatherable film for solar cell

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Patent No.
US 9,028,952
App. No.
13/122,992
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a multilayered weatherable film for a solar cell, which has superior elongation change rate, strength change rate and haze and thus is suitable for use in a solar cell, and includes a hard layer having a polyester or copolyester polymer resin and a soft layer having polybutylene terephthalate containing polytetramethylene ether glycol, which are regularly or irregularly laminated in a multilayer form.

Claims (5)

1. A weatherable film for a solar cell, consisting of:

a hard layer and a soft layer laminated and alternately stacked in a multilayer form with said hard layer and said soft layer each contained in said multilayer form multiple times, wherein the hard layer consists essentially of a polyester or copolyester polymer resin having a crystallinity of 75-95% and the soft layer consists essentially of a polybutylene terephthalate glycol copolymer containing 10-60wt % of polytetramethylene ether glycol; wherein the hard layer and the soft layer have a weight ratio (an extrusion rate ratio, kg/hr) of 0.1-100:1; wherein the film has been extruded and stretched 1.5-5.0 times in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction; wherein the film has a thickness of 5-700 μm; wherein the film has an elongation change rate of 20-90% in a hydrolysis resistance test; and wherein the film has a visible transmittance of 80-95% and a haze of 0.1-5%.

2. The weatherable film according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer resin has a crystallinity of 80-95%; a weight ratio of 1-30:1; a visible transmittance of 85-95%; and a thickness of 50-400 μm.

3. The weatherable film according to claim 1 , wherein the film has a thickness of 50 μm.

4. The weatherable film according to claim 1 , wherein the film contains 15 layers alternately stacked in a multilayer form.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2026
From: SK MICROWORKS CO. LTD.
To: MICROWORKS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 074306/0727 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: SKC CO., LTD.
To: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063984/0708 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2011
From: PARK, HEYOUNG SUK; LEE, GWAN HYUNG; JOO, CHEON YONG; KIM, SOO HEE
To: SKC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026088/0788 →