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20100270820 | ELASTOMER THERMOPLASTIC MIXTURES AND COMPOSITIONS HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES, METHOD OF MAKING SAID COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The mixture of the invention contains, for 100 parts in weight of (A)+(B): (A) 10 to 90 parts in weight of at least one non-nanostructured olefinic thermoplastic polymer; (B) 90 to 10 parts in weight of a formulation of at least one elastomer having unsaturated double bonds and capable of reacting with a cross-linking or vulcanization agent, said formulation containing a crosslinking or vulcanization system of said elastomer(s), at least one plasticizer, and the standard additives present in elastomer formulations; (C) up to 100 parts in weight, relative to (A)+(B), of at least one copolymer grafted with polyamide blocks, said copolymer comprising a polyolefin trunk and at least 1.3 polyamide grafts on said trunk in average, and having a nanostructured organization, wherein said grafts are attached to the trunk by the rest of an unsaturated monomer (X) having a function capable of reacting with a polyamide with an amine end; and rest of said unsaturated monomer (X) being attached on the trunk by grafting or copolymerization from its double bond thereof, and wherein (A) and (B) in the mixture can already have been combined together by the crosslinking or vulcanization dynamic method in order to provide a crosslinked or vulcanized thermoplastic composition. | 10-28-2010 |
20110091707 | POLYAMIDE GRAFT POLYMER COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - The present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition including a polyamide graft polymer including a polyolefin backbone containing a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer having reacted with at least one polyamide graft. The invention also relates to structures, particularly multilayer structures, including said composition. One of the preferred structures of the present invention is a photovoltaic module including said composition. The composition according to the invention can advantageously be used as a binder or encapsulant. It is also used in solar panels and laminated glass. | 04-21-2011 |
20110315199 | Polyamide-Grafted Polymers, Photovoltaic Modules with a Backsheet Film Comprising a Polyamide-Grafted Polymer and Manufacturing Process and Use Thereof - One subject of the invention is the use of α film as a protective backsheet in a photovoltaic module, said film comprising at least one layer of a composition containing a polyamide-grafted polymer, this polyamide-grafted polymer comprising a polyolefin backbone containing a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer (X) and at least one polyamide graft, in which: • the polyamide graft is attached to the polyolefin backbone by the residue of the unsaturated monomer (X) that comprises a functional group capable of reacting via a condensation reaction with a polyamide having at least one amine end group and/or at least one carboxylic acid end group; • the residue of the unsaturated monomer (X) is attached to the backbone by grafting or copolymerization; said polyamide-grafted polymer comprising, relative to its total weight: • from 40 to 95% by weight of the polyolefin backbone comprising the unsaturated monomer (X); and • from 5 to 60% by weight of polyamide grafts, and the melting point or glass transition temperature of the polyamide grafts being greater than or equal to 85° C. The invention also relates to a process of manufacturing a photovoltaic module, to a photovoltaic module and also to the use of this module for producing electricity. | 12-29-2011 |
20120260975 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising as an encapsulant a composition comprising at least one polyacrylate- or polymethacrylate-type block copolymer with the general formula B-(A)n, n being a natural integer no lower than one, preferably 1 to 8, the block A being selected from among methacrylates having a Tg higher than 0° C., the block B being a polyacrylate or a polymethacrylate having a Tg lower than 0° C., the block B being at least 50 wt % of the total weight of the block copolymer. | 10-18-2012 |
20120298195 | MOISTURE-RESISTANT FILM, MADE OF FLUORINATED POLYMER AND INORGANIC OXIDE, FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC USE - The invention relates to a multilayer structure that includes: a layer of a composition including a fluorinated polymer and a zinc oxide (ZnO), said ZnO being present in said composition in the form of particles having a weight proportion of less than 1%, said ZnO particles having a size between 10 to 100 nm, and an adhesion promoter present in the body and/or surface of said layer; and at least one oxide layer (MOx) selected from among silicon oxide and aluminum oxide, and having a thickness of from 20 to 200 nm. Aid structure has excellent properties of transparency within the visible range, excellent properties of opacity to UV rays, as well as good mechanical resistance and aging resistance while having excellent moisture barrier properties. Said structure can thus be advantageously used in the front surface of photovoltaic panels or fro protecting organic light-emitting diodes. | 11-29-2012 |
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20130247983 | HALOGEN-FREE, FIREPROOF, TRANSPARENT THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS HAVING HIGH THERMOMECHANICAL STRENGTH, IN PARTICULAR FOR ENCAPSULATION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - A transparent, fireproof thermoplastic composition which is free from halogen compounds and includes a polyamide-block graft copolymer formed by a polyolefin backbone and, on average, at least one polyamide graft. The grafts are attached to the backbone by the radicals of an unsaturated monomer (X) that has a function capable of reacting with a polyamide, and the radicals of the unsaturated monomer (X) are attached to the backbone by grafting or co-polymerisation from the double bond thereof. The composition includes, as a weight percentage of the total composition: 90 to 99 wt % of the polyamide-block graft copolymer, and 1 to 10 wt % of metal salts of phosphoric acid. | 09-26-2013 |
20130261244 | FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS OF HIGH THERMOMECHANICAL STRENGTH, IN PARTICULAR FOR ELECTRIC CABLES - A flame-retarded thermoplastic composition including a graft copolymer containing polyamide blocks and composed of a polyolefin backbone and on average at least one polyamide graft, in which the grafts are attached to the backbone by the residues of an unsaturated monomer (X) having a function capable of reacting with a polyamide, the residues of the unsaturated monomer (X) are attached to the backbone by grafting or copolymerization from its double bond, wherein the composition includes: —between 60% and 70% by weight of the graft copolymer containing polyamide blocks, —between 22% and 28% by weight of poly(pentabromobenzyl acrylate), —between 4% and 8% by weight of a synergistic flame retardant chosen from antimony trioxide, derivatives of tin, of molybdenum and/or bismuth and also boron and zinc oxides, calcium borates, calcium sulphate and/or zinc stannate, between 0.5% and 5% by weight of organophilic treated clay. | 10-03-2013 |
20140000707 | DOUBLE-LAYER FILM OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | 01-02-2014 |
20140014180 | ENCAPSULANT FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - An encapsulant for a photovoltaic module, intended to coat a photovoltaic cell, including at least two adjacent thermoplastic layers forming a core-skin assembly, wherein the skin layer consists of a polyamide-grafted polymer including a polyolefin backbone, representing from 50% to 95% by weight of the polyamide-grafted polymer, containing a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer (X) and at least one polyamide graft, representing from 5% to 50% by weight of polyamide-grafted polymer, the core layer including a polyethylene chosen from a homopolymer of ethylene or a copolymer including at least 50 mol % of ethylene and one or more comonomers. Also, a photovoltaic module incorporating such an encapsulant. | 01-16-2014 |
20140026960 | ENCAPSULENT FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - An encapsulant for a photovoltaic module, intended to coat a photovoltaic cell, including at least two adjacent thermoplastic layers together forming a core-skin assembly: the skin layer is a polyamide graft polymer including a polyolefin backbone representing 50 wt % to 95 wt % of the polyamide graft polymer, containing a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer (X) and at least one polyamide graft, representing 5 wt % to 50 wt % of said polyamide graft polymer; the polyolefin backbone and the polyamide graft of the skin layer are chosen so that the polyamide graft polymer has a flow temperature greater than or equal to 75° C. and less than or equal to 160° C., this flow temperature being defined as the highest temperature out of the melting temperature and the glass transition temperature of the polyamide graft and of the polyolefin backbone. | 01-30-2014 |
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20130207864 | Wideband, Directional, Linearly Polarized Antenna Having High Polarization Purity - In the field of wideband directional antennas employing linear polarization, and in particular in the context of amplitude goniometry systems, polarization purity defects lead to deformation of the radiation diagrams that increases with the elevation, inducing degraded detection system location performance. An antenna is provided operating with linear polarization and having radiating elements of “sinuous” shape inscribed within a circle, and includes radiating elements printed on the two faces of a support, the elements of the first face being deduced from those of the other face by a rotation. | 08-15-2013 |
20130249762 | BROADBAND ANTENNA REFLECTOR FOR A CIRCULAR-POLARIZED PLANAR WIRE ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID ANTENNA REFLECTOR - In the field of circular-polarized planar wire antennas for very wide band telecommunications systems, and an antenna reflector for such an antenna, an antenna device comprises an antenna reflector and an antenna, and a method for implementing the antenna reflector. The antenna reflector comprises, on the one hand, a first reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties of an electrical conductor in a first sub-band of frequencies and, on the other hand, a second reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties akin to a magnetic conductor in a second sub-band of frequencies. Each reflection region is designed to face a region of the antenna able to emit electromagnetic radiation in the corresponding sub-band of frequencies in order to reflect the electric field of the backward radiation in phase with the electric field of the forward radiation. | 09-26-2013 |