Permeation of water vapour through polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films for back-sheets of photovoltaic modules

Philip Hülsmann; Gernot Wallner

doi:10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.11.028

Permeation of water vapour through polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films for back-sheets of photovoltaic modules

Philip Hülsmann, Gernot Wallner

Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing

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Abstract

Different polyethylene terephthalate films were investigated as to the permeation and diffusity for water vapour and as to structure-property correlations. Water vapour transmission rate, permeability and diffusion coefficient were measured at temperatures 23, 38, 60 and 80 °C using a special test device with a mass spectrometer detection unit. While the permeability was significantly dependent on temperature and specimen thickness, the effect of TiO2 white pigmentation was negligible. Based on the empirical data a model for the temperature and film thickness dependency of the water vapour permeability was established and validated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-158
Number of pages	6
Journal	Polymer Testing
Volume	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.11.028
Publication status	Published - 2017

Fields of science

205 Materials Engineering
205011 Polymer engineering
205016 Materials testing
207106 Renewable energy
211908 Energy research
103023 Polymer physics
104018 Polymer chemistry
211909 Energy technology
104019 Polymer sciences

JKU Focus areas

Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function

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