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PV Junction Box Potting Agents

For PV modules, Dow Corning provides junction box potting agents that offer customers a unique combination of benefits: demonstrated reliability, cost-effectiveness and outstanding PV performance. What’s more, Dow Corning will work with you to provide a solution that’s tailored to your specific PV needs. Dow Corning solar potting agents offer you the advantages of:

  • Bypass diode protection and temperature control
  • New options for low-cost junction box design
  • Outstanding performance in PV aging conditions
  • Fire resistance – UL 94 V0 or V1 requirements
  • Fast room temperature or heat cure mechanisms

Dow Corning solar potting agents provide you with:

  • Long-lasting protection against environmental ingress
  • Excellent electrical insulation of components (> 13 kV/mm)
  • Thermally conductive materials (> 0.15 W/m·K) to control diode temperature
  • Stable and flexible over a wide temperature range (-40 to 150°C)
  •  “Non-drip” time within 2 minutes with heated dispensing
  • Translucent or opaque products
  • Automated dispensing widely available from preferred partners
  • Global availability

Product Portfolio

Sylgard® 170 ElastomerDow Corning® PV 7010 Potting AgentDow Corning® PV 7020 Potting Agent
  • High-performance potting agent
  • Thermally conductive for bypass diode cooling
  • Moisture resistant
  • Fast room temperature cure
  • Continuous processing
  • Electrical insulation
  • UL RTI 170°C
  • Color - dark grey
  • Thermal Conductivity (W/m· K) of 0.4

Points of reference for thermal conductivity:
         air = 0.01
         polycarbonate = 0.3
         polystyrene = 0.1
  •  High-performance potting agent
  • Thermally conductive for bypass diode cooling
  • Moisture resistant
  • Fast room temperature cure
  • Continuous processing
  • Electrical insulation
  • UL HAI/HWI = 0
  • Color - translucent green
  • Thermal Conductivity (W/m·K) of 0.18
  • Thermally conductive for bypass diode cooling
  • Moisture resistant
  • Fast heat cure
  • Continuous processing
  • Certified UL 94 - V1, V0
  • Color - grey
  • Thermal Conductivity (W/m·K) of 1.34

For more information about any of Dow Corning’s Solar products, contact our PV Specialist.

Download the Solar  Product Selection Guide. (PDF= 241KB)

 

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