公开(公告)号：US12071558B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17914675

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Stefan Hellström ,  Francis Costa ,  Bert Broeders ,  Jeroen Oderkerk

IPC: C09D123/08 ,  C08F210/02 ,  C08K5/3492 ,  C09D7/63 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/049

CPC classification number: C09D123/0892 ,  C08F210/02 ,  C08K5/34926 ,  C09D7/63 ,  H01L31/0481 ,  H01L31/049 ,  C08F2800/10 ,  C08F2800/20

Abstract: The present invention relates a photovoltaic module comprising a protective front layer element, an encapsulation layer element, a photovoltaic cell element and a protective back layer element, whereby at least one of the protective elements comprises glass; wherein the encapsulation layer element comprises a polymer composition (I) comprising at least the following components: (A) 97.00 to 99.99 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a polymer selected from an ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, a polyolefin elastomer or a polymer of ethylene (a) selected from (a1) a copolymer of ethylene which bears functional groups containing units; (a2) a copolymer of ethylene comprising one or more polar comonomer unit(s) selected from (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate or (C1-C6)-alkyl (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate comonomer units, and optionally bears functional groups containing units different from said polar comonomer unit(s); (a3) a copolymer of ethylene comprising one or more alpha-olefin comonomer unit(s); and optionally bears functional groups containing units different from said polar comonomer unit(s) of polymer (a2); or mixtures thereof; and (b) silane group(s) containing units; (B) 0.01 to 3.00 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a compound according to Formula (I); wherein; R1, R1′, R2 and R2′ are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, n-alkyl, iso-alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, halogen and mixtures thereof; X is selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines, hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl and mixtures thereof. Furthermore, the present invention refers to the use of an encapsulation layer element comprising polymer composition (I) according to the invention for increasing the Pmax determined after 96 h according to IEC 60904, by applying the foil method with a temperature of 85° C. and relative humidity of 60% and a potential difference of 1500 V, of a photovoltaic module comprising besides the encapsulation layer element a protective front layer element, a photovoltaic cell element and a protective back element, whereby at least one of the protective elements comprises glass.

公开(公告)号：US11981781B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17276275

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Oscar Prieto ,  Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Jari-Jussi Ruskeeniemi ,  Stefan Hellström ,  Tanja Piel ,  Daniela Mileva

IPC: C08J3/24 ,  B29B9/12 ,  C08L23/08 ,  C08L51/06 ,  B29K23/00

CPC classification number: C08J3/248 ,  B29B9/12 ,  C08L23/0815 ,  C08L51/06 ,  B29K2023/16 ,  C08J2323/08 ,  C08L2310/00 ,  C08L2312/08

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for providing a cross-linked composition, the process comprising the steps of (a) providing an ethylene-α-olefin plastomer having—a density of from 850 kg/m3 to 900 kg/m3; and—an melt flow rate (ISO 1133, 2.16 kg, 190° C.) of 0.3 to 50 g/10 min; (b) grafting the ethylene-α-olefin plastomer with silane crosslinker such that the content of silane crosslinker is in the range of 0.1 to 10.0 wt. % with respect to the grafted ethylene-α-olefin plastomer; (c) contacting said grafted ethylene-α-olefin plastomer with 2 to 8 wt. % of a tin-free silane crosslinking catalyst with respect to the resulting mixture of grafted ethylene-α-olefin plastomer and tin-freesilane crosslinking catalyst, wherein said tin-free catalyst comprises a Brönsted acid at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity for at least 15 minutes thus forming a cross-linked composition, wherein gel content of said cross-linked composition after 15 min is at least 60%.

公开(公告)号：US11685840B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16644537

申请日：2018-10-11

Applicant: Borealis AG

Inventor： Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Jari-Jussi Ruskeeniemi ,  Oscar Prieto ,  Stefan Hellström ,  Tanja Piel ,  Daniela Mileva

IPC: C08F210/02 ,  C08F220/14 ,  C08F4/16 ,  E04D1/20 ,  A43B13/04 ,  C09D123/08 ,  B29C48/00 ,  B29K23/00 ,  C08K5/00

CPC classification number: C09D123/0892 ,  A43B13/04 ,  C08F4/16 ,  C08F210/02 ,  C08F220/14 ,  E04D1/20 ,  B29C48/022 ,  B29K2023/08 ,  C08K5/005 ,  C08K5/0025 ,  C08F210/02 ,  C08F220/14 ,  C08F230/085

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin composition, said composition comprising a terpolymer comprising a cross-linkable polyolefin comprising hydrolysable silane groups and a polar comonomer, the polyolefin composition further comprising a cross-linking catalyst and a silicon containing compound. The polar comonomer Is present in an amount of 5-35 wt %.

公开(公告)号：US20220033588A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17276724

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Jari-Jussi Ruskeeniemi ,  Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Oscar Prieto ,  Stefan Hellström ,  Tanja Piel ,  Daniela Mileva ,  Floran Prades

IPC: C08G77/442 ,  C08J3/24

Abstract: Articles comprising a polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition is obtainable by grafting an ethylene copolymer with comonomer units comprising hydrolysable silane groups, wherein the polymer composition shows high gel content and low compression set at −25° C. These articles have applications in automotive weather-stripping, such as sealing systems for doors, trunks and hoods.

公开(公告)号：US11192349B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16082201

申请日：2017-03-02

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Bert Broeders ,  Bernt-Ake Sultan ,  Girish Suresh Galgali ,  Stefan Hellstrom ,  Mattias Bergqvist ,  Bart Verheule ,  Kristina Akyuz-Karlsson ,  Urban Andreasson ,  Francis Costa ,  Anh Tuan Tran

IPC: B32B27/32 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B32B27/28 ,  B32B27/30 ,  C08F30/08 ,  C08L23/08

Abstract: The invention is a polymer composition for film layer comprising less than 50 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with silane group(s) containing units and at least 50 wt % of a thermoplastic polyolefine free from silane group(s) wherein the polymer composition has creep of less than 1 mm at 90° C., and an adhesion above 20 N/cm. The invention relates to a laminated article with at least one film layer of the polymer composition and a substrate.

公开(公告)号：US10329362B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15508039

申请日：2015-09-15

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Francis Costa ,  Mattias Berqvist ,  Stefan Hellstrom ,  Bert Broeders ,  Girish Suresh Galgali ,  Bernt-Ake Sultan ,  Tanja Piel ,  Bart Verheule ,  Jeroen Oderkerk

IPC: C08F210/02 ,  C08L23/08 ,  H01L31/048

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, to a layer element, preferably to at least one layer element of a photovoltaic module, comprising the polymer composition and to an article which is preferably said at least one layer of a layer element, preferably of a layer element of a photovoltaic module.

公开(公告)号：US20170243996A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-24

申请号：US15510963

申请日：2015-09-18

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Francis Costa ,  Bart Verheule ,  Tanja Piel ,  Bernt-Ake Sultan ,  Bert Broeders ,  Stefan Hellstrom ,  Mattias Bergqvist ,  Girish Suresh Galgali

IPC: H01L31/048 ,  C08F210/02

CPC classification number: H01L31/0481 ,  C08F210/02 ,  C08L23/0869 ,  C08L2203/204 ,  C08L2203/206 ,  C08L2312/08 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  C08L23/26 ,  C08L2023/44

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, to a layer element, preferably to at least one layer element of a photovoltaic module, comprising the polymer composition and to an article which is preferably said at least one layer of a layer element, preferably of a layer element of a photovoltaic module.

公开(公告)号：US12209181B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18002071

申请日：2021-06-21

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Jessica Hesselgren ,  Stefan Hellstrom ,  Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Francis Costa ,  Denis Yalalov

IPC: B32B3/04 ,  B32B27/30 ,  B32B27/32 ,  C08K5/3492 ,  C08L51/00 ,  H01L31/048 ,  B32B17/10

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition (I) comprising at least the following components: (A) 87.00 to 99.79 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a specific polymer, (B) 0.20 to 10 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a specific copolymer of ethylene and (C) 0.01 to 3.00 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a compound according to Formula (a), whereby components (A), (B) and (C) add up to 100 wt.-%. In addition, the present invention refers to a photovoltaic module comprising at least one layer comprising polymer composition (I), to a method for improving the storage stability and/or transport stability of polymer (A) and to the use of components (B) and (C) for improving the storage stability and/or transport stability of a polymer (A).

公开(公告)号：US11845836B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US17276724

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Jari-Jussi Ruskeeniemi ,  Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Oscar Prieto ,  Stefan Hellström ,  Tanja Piel ,  Daniela Mileva ,  Floran Prades

IPC: C08G77/442 ,  C08J3/24

CPC classification number: C08G77/442 ,  C08J3/24 ,  C08J2383/10

Abstract: Articles comprising a polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition is obtainable by grafting an ethylene copolymer with comonomer units comprising hydrolysable silane groups, wherein the polymer composition shows high gel content and low compression set at −25° C. These articles have applications in automotive weather-stripping, such as sealing systems for doors, trunks and hoods.

公开(公告)号：US11504949B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17047350

申请日：2019-04-16

Applicant: BOREALIS AG

Inventor： Jeroen Oderkerk ,  Denis Yalalov ,  Qizheng Dou ,  Francis Costa

IPC: B32B17/10 ,  C09J123/26 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H02S20/26 ,  B32B27/32

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer element (LE) and to a multilayer laminated glass layer element (GLE2), the use of the multilayer element (LE) and the multilayer laminated glass layer element (GLE2) for producing an article, an article comprising multilayer element (LE) or multilayer laminated glass layer element (GLE2), a layer element of at least two layers, the use of the polymer composition of the invention to produce a multilayer element (LE) or a multilayer laminated glass layer element (GLE2), as well as to a process for producing the multilayer element (LE) and an article thereof, as well as to a process for producing the multilayer laminated glass layer element (GLE2) and an article thereof.