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Park JH, Hwang SH. A Polyolefin Elastomer Encapsulant Modified by an Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Terpolymer for Photovoltaic Applications. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:3858-3865. [PMID: 38284050 PMCID: PMC10809238 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c07969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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In this study, a newly designed adhesion promoter, a modified ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (m-EPDM), was constructed via a simple thiol-ene click reaction between the ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM) and 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTS) to employ polyolefin elastomer (POE) encapsulants in photovoltaic modules. The grafting reaction of MPTS on an EPDM backbone (thiol-ene click reaction) was verified using 1H NMR, 29Si NMR, and SEM/EDX. The thermal and mechanical characteristics of the POE compounds did not significantly change with an increasing m-EPDM content irrespective of the cross-linking state. Interestingly, the adhesion strength to the glass substrate increased linearly with an increasing m-EPDM content until 9 phr. Also, the POE compounds containing more than 12 phr m-EPDM showed cohesion failure of the encapsulant layer, remaining as a residue of the encapsulant layer on the glass surface after peel testing. The damp-heat test was conducted to evaluate the long-term durability of the photovoltaic module encapsulated with m-EPDM, and no significant power loss was found even after 1000 h under the test conditions.
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- Jin Hwan Park
- Materials Chemistry &
Engineering Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Dankook University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 16890, Korea
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- Materials Chemistry &
Engineering Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Dankook University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 16890, Korea
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Wang YX, Zou CY, Bai N, Su QF, Song LX, Li XL. Effect of Octene Block Copolymer (OBC) and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) on Crystalline Morphology, Structure and Mechanical Properties of Octene Random Copolymer. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3655. [PMID: 37765509 PMCID: PMC10536738 DOI: 10.3390/polym15183655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Blending octene random copolymer (ORC) with other polymers is a promising approach to improving ORC mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elongation. In this study, octene block copolymer (OBC) with lower density than ORC and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) were used to blend with ORC. The effect of both OBC and HDPE on ORC was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). For ORC/OBC blends, a small amount of OBC can improve the crystallization ability of ORC. Meanwhile, for ORC/HDPE blends, the crystallization ability of ORC was significantly suppressed, attributed to good compatibility between ORC and HDPE as indicated by the homogeneous morphology and the disappearance of the α transition peak of ORC in ORC/HDPE blends. Therefore, the tensile strength and elongation of ORC/HDPE blends are significantly higher than those of ORC/OBC blends. For ORC/OBC/HDPE ternary blends, we found that when ORC:OBC:HDPE are at a ratio of 70:15:15, cocrystallization is achieved. Although HDPE improves the compatibility of ORC and OBC, the three-phase structure of the ternary blends can be observed through SAXS when HDPE and OBC exceed 30 wt%. Blending HDPE and OBC (≤30 wt%) could improve the mechanical property of ORC.
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- Yuan-Xia Wang
- Polymer High Functional Film Engineering Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110142, China
- Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Polymer Industry, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Polymer High Functional Film Engineering Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110142, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Polymer High Functional Film Engineering Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110142, China
- Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Polymer Industry, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Polymer High Functional Film Engineering Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110142, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Polymer High Functional Film Engineering Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110142, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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- Polymer High Functional Film Engineering Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110142, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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Bai N, Shi Y, Wang YX, Liu LZ, Song LX, Wang CC, Song LF. Effects of nano-silica on the crystallization, structure, and mechanical properties of crosslinked ethylene-octene copolymer/nano-silica composites. JOURNAL OF POLYMER ENGINEERING 2023. [DOI: 10.1515/polyeng-2022-0199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Nano-silica (SiO2) has been widely used to fill rubbers (crosslinked) and usual polyolefin elastomers (POEs). SiO2 filled POE with crystalline structure can also be crosslinked. Crystallization, structure, and mechanical properties of crosslinked POE/SiO2 composites can be affected by SiO2. In this paper, crosslinked POE/SiO2 composites were obtained through two different methods: dynamic crosslinking in molten state and static crosslinking. For the non-crosslinked and static crosslinked composites, SiO2 had a more significant effect on the nucleation in non-crosslinked POE than in static crosslinked POE. For the dynamic crosslinked composite, SiO2 and crosslinking points hindered the mobility of POE chains and suppressed the POE crystallization, resulting in smaller and fewer crystals. Dynamic mechanical analysis showed that the SiO2 and POE were compatible, as evidenced by the lower tan(δ) value in SiO2-filled samples. The latter was more consistent with the higher tensile strength and elongation at break for the non-crosslinked and static crosslinked composites than for the non-filled samples. However, the dynamic crosslinked composite exhibited the worst elongation at break, resulting from the lowest number of crystals and shortened molecular chains due to the shearing that occurred during crosslinking process. The SiO2 had no observable effect on the permanent deformation of samples.
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Effects of Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomers (EPDMs) with Different Moony Viscosity on Crystallization Behavior, Structure, and Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPVs). Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15030642. [PMID: 36771943 PMCID: PMC9918945 DOI: 10.3390/polym15030642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Moony viscosity of ethylene-propylene-diene monomers (EPDMs) can have effect on the crystallization dynamics, structure, and properties of EPDM/polypropylene (PP)-based thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs). TPVs with two different Moony viscosities are prepared via a twin-screw extruder, respectively. Crosslinked EPDM with lower Moony viscosity has a higher crosslinking density and the nucleation effect of its crosslink point improves the crystallization ability of PP in TPV, leading to PP phase crystallization at higher temperatures. For TPV with an EPDM of higher Moony viscosity, it has higher crystallinity and the EPDM phase crystallized earlier. Synchrotron radiation studies show that the EPDM with low Moony viscosity has no obvious crystalline structure, and the prepared TPV has an obvious phase separation structure, while the TPV with higher Mooney viscosity of the EPDM does not exhibit obvious phase separation, indicating that the longer EPDM chains have better compatibility with PP in TPV, also evidenced by the almost disappearance of the PP glass transition peak in TPV, from the dynamic mechanical analysis. The longer EPDM chains in TPV provide more physical entanglement and better interaction with PP molecules, resulting in a stronger strain hardening process, longer elongation at break, and higher tensile stress in TPV.
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Park JH, Hwang SH. Construction and Characterization of Polyolefin Elastomer Blends with Chemically Modified Hydrocarbon Resin as a Photovoltaic Module Encapsulant. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:4620. [PMID: 36365618 PMCID: PMC9658822 DOI: 10.3390/polym14214620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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In this study, polyolefin elastomer (POE) was blended with a chemically modified hydrocarbon resin (m-HCR), which was modified through a simple radical grafting reaction using γ-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxy silane (MTS) as an adhesion promotor to the glass surface, to design an adhesion-enhanced polyolefin encapsulant material for photovoltaic modules. Its chemical modification was confirmed by 1H and 29Si NMR and FT-IR. Interestingly, the POE blends with the m-HCR showed that the melting peak temperature (Tm) was not changed. However, Tm shifted to lower values with increasing m-HCR content after crosslinking. Additionally, the mechanical properties did not significantly differ with increasing m-HCR content. Meanwhile, with increasing m-HCR content in the POE blend, the peel strength increased linearly without sacrificing their transmittance. The test photovoltaic modules comprising the crosslinked POE blend encapsulants showed little difference in the electrical performance after manufacturing. After 1000 h of damp-heat exposure, no significant power loss was observed.
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- Materials Chemistry and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Dankook University, Yongin 16890, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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Wang Z, Deng Y, Jia X. Synthesis and characterization of a novel rigid rod polymer based on 2,6‐dihydroxyterephthalic acid and 2,3,5,6‐tetraminopyridine. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.51549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Zhongwen Wang
- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shihezi University Shihezi China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shihezi University Shihezi China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shihezi University Shihezi China
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Effects of Dynamic Crosslinking on Crystallization, Structure and Mechanical Property of Ethylene-Octene Elastomer/EPDM Blends. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 14:polym14010139. [PMID: 35012161 PMCID: PMC8747649 DOI: 10.3390/polym14010139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The dynamic crosslinking method has been widely used to prepare rubber/plastic blends with thermoplastic properties, and the rubber phase is crosslinked in these blends. Both polyolefin elastomer (POE) and ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber (EPDM) can be crosslinked, which is different from usual dynamic crosslinking components. In this paper, dynamic crosslinked POE/EPDM blends were prepared. For POE/EPDM blends without dynamic crosslinking, EPDM can play a nucleation role, leading to POE crystallizing at a higher temperature. After dynamic crosslinking, the crosslinking points hinder the mobility of POE chains, resulting in smaller crystals, but having too many crosslinking points suppresses POE crystallization. Synchrotron radiation studies show that phase separation occurs and phase regions form in non-crosslinked blends. After crosslinking, crosslinking points connecting EPDM and part of POE chains, enabling more POE to enter the EPDM phase and thus weakening phase separation, indicates that dynamic crosslinking improves the compatibility of POE/EPDM, also evidenced by a lower β conversion temperature and higher α conversion temperature than neat POE from dynamic mechanical analysis. Moreover, crosslinking networks hinder the crystal fragmentation during stretching and provide higher strength, resulting in 8.3% higher tensile strength of a 10 wt% EPDM blend than neat POE and almost the same elongation at break. Though excessive crosslinking points offer higher strength, they weaken the elongation at break.
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