Preliminary Evaluation of Conductive Adhesive Tapes as Potential Interleafing Connects for Flexible Thin-Film PV Applications

Two types of commercial electrically conductive adhesive (CA) tapes, one isotropic and the other anisotropic, were investigated for their potential application as interleafing connects for flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules. The performance stability of their vacuum-laminated sample constructs between two 50-μm stainless steel (SS) foils and between the SS foil and bilayer ZnO/Mo-coated SS foil was evaluated upon damp-heat and dry-heat exposure. Preliminary results indicated that the isotropic CA tape was more stable than the anisotropic tape.