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By Dr. Oreski; Dr. Gabriele Eder; Lukas Neumaier; Dr. Christina Hirschl; Dr. Rita Ebner; J\u00f6rg Scheurer; Wolfgang Pranger<\/p>\n

The application of electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) is a promising alternative to the soldering process for cell interconnection in today\u2019s solar module production. ECAs provide an environmentally friendly solution and offer several other advantages over the conventional solder interconnection technology, such as lower processing temperature, higher mechanical flexibility and replacement of toxic lead. When it is proposed to switch from soldering to adhesive technology in a critical process such as the production of solar cell strings, it is necessary to perform a thorough preliminary analysis of the properties of the materials involved, the material compatibilities and the long-term stability of the interconnections within the PV modules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The application of electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) is a promising alternative to the soldering process for cell interconnection in today\u2019s solar module production. ECAs provide an environmentally friendly solution and offer several other advantages over the conventional solder interconnection technology, such as lower processing temperature, higher mechanical flexibility and replacement of toxic lead. When it is proposed to switch from soldering to adhesive technology in a critical process such as the production of solar cell strings, it is necessary to perform a thorough preliminary analysis of the properties of the materials involved, the material compatibilities and the long-term stability of the interconnections within the PV modules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28001,"template":"","paywall-tags":[8671],"technical-papers-categories":[2931,2921],"class_list":["post-9959","technical-papers","type-technical-papers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","paywall-tags-premium","technical-papers-categories-materials","technical-papers-categories-photovoltaics-international-papers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReliability of electrically conductive adhesives - PV Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/reliability-of-electrically-conductive-adhesives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reliability of electrically conductive adhesives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The application of electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) is a promising alternative to the soldering process for cell interconnection in today\u2019s solar module production. 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