Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Typical stack-up of a PV module laminate. EVA can be replaced with a more generic term “encapsulant” to include all different kinds of encapsulant used in PV modules. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Overlay of the TGA curves of all the samples studied here. Note: all curves, with the exception of EVA, were smooth and satisfied the general assumption of a first order reaction. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The three TGA curves of backsheet sample BS1 with 2, 5, 10°C/min ramp rates. As expected, the TGA curves shift to higher temperatures with increasing heating rate. From the curves, the corresponding temperatures at which 2.5%, 5%, and 10% weight loss for the three heating rates can be obtained. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Log (heating rate) versus 1/T of BS1 for the three weight losses. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Transmission overlay of the EVA samples. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Typical quantum efficiency of the standard PV cells. 17 Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Plot of Isc degradation as function of YI of EVA encapsulant. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE

Date of download: 6/8/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Plot of Isc degradation as a function of weight loss. Figure Legend: From: Thermal endurance study of polymers used in low concentration photovoltaic modules J. Photon. Energy. 2012;2(1): doi: /1.JPE