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High-Performance Solar Modules

Improve module efficiency and ensure proven, durable, long-lasting protection against environmental hazards.

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Learn more about silicone encapsulants and PV cell applications 

Ensuring long-lasting performance of PV modules in harsh outdoor environments can be a major challenge for solar module manufacturers.  Dow Corning® brand silicone encapsulants provide solar modules excellent durability and protection against corrosion and delamination. Count on Dow Corning solar encapsulant products to improve performance of solar modules.

Dow Corning’s PV-6100 Encapsulant series technology builds on the UV stability of the silicone molecule to enhance benefits for crystalline modules:
•Improved durability
• Increased efficiency
This technology utilizes liquid processing to deliver a lower total cost of ownership for both crystalline and amorphous silicon thin-film modules with:
•Lower capital cost
• Lower processing cost
• Improved processing efficiency

Learn more about what silicone encapsulants can do for your PV cell applications

>Technical resources
 Product selection data
  Photovoltaic Module Assembly & Integration Product Selection Guide
(1.23 MB PDF)
 Technical papers
  Silicones for Photovoltaic Encapsulation (166 KB PDF)
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  Explore the proven line of encapsulants for PV cell applications.


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Silicone encapsulants possess unique properties and benefits that make them the materials of choice for solar industry applications.


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