Quantifying Adhesion and Debonding of Encapsulations for Solar Modules Fernando Novoa* and Reinhold H. Dauskardt Department of Materials Science, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall,
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Figure 1-2: Debonding of module laminates. Debonding of glass/encapsulation (2a) and backsheet/encapsulation (2b) can occur in the presence of active environments and mechanical stress.
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