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F-WAVE has started verification test of Decorative Films for Photovoltaic Modules

2021.03.30

 

Applied to our Lightweight Flexible Photovoltaic module to promote the Use of Solar Power

 

F-WAVE Company Limited (F-WAVE) has applied decorative films for photovoltaic modules which were jointly developed by Toyota Motor Corporation Frontier Research Center (Toyota) and Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. (NPAC) to F-WAVE’s mass-produced flexible, lightweight photovoltaic modules. The films1 make use of automotive painting technologies to add color to the modules. F-WAVE, Toyota and NPAC started a series of verification tests on March 12, 2021 at F-WAVE’s Kumamoto Factory

The aim of these verification tests is to assess different types of durability, power generation, and design.

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Decorative films before (left) and after (right) being applied to photovoltaic modules