Abstract: A solar cell encapsulant sheet including a resin layer (S) formed of a resin composition containing an olefine-based resin, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the resin layer (S) is 200 MPa or less, at least one surface of the resin layer (S) is the sheet surface of the encapsulant sheet, and the sheet surface satisfies the following requirements (a), (b) and (c): (a) the dynamic friction coefficient on a tempered white glass plate is 1.5 or less, (b) the surface roughness Rzjis is from 0.1 to 50 ?m, and (c) the static friction coefficient on a tempered white glass plate is 1.5 or less.

Abstract: A solar cell module having a good appearance after lamination and a method for producing such a solar cell module are provided by specifying the combination guideline for encapsulants capable of bettering the appearance after lamination. The solar cell module contains an upper protective material (A), an encapsulant (B) for use on the side of the upper protective material (A), a solar cell device (C), an encapsulant (D) for use on the side of a back sheet (E), and the back sheet (E), wherein the encapsulant (B) and the encapsulant (D) satisfy the following requirement (P), and the production method produces the solar cell module. Requirement (P): The flow beginning temperature (TB) (° C.) of the encapsulant (B) and the flow beginning temperature (TD) (° C.) of the encapsulant (D), as measured under a load of 1 kgf/cm2, have the following relationship: TB?TD>0 (° C.).

Abstract: Provided are a solar cell encapsulant material which facilitates production of solar cell modules, which does not require a crosslinking step and which is excellent in heat resistance and others, and a solar cell module produced by the use of the encapsulant material. The solar cell encapsulant material comprises a resin composition (C) that contains an olefin-based polymer (A) satisfying the following requirement (a) and an olefin-based polymer (B) satisfying the following requirement (b). (a) The crystal melting peak temperature of the polymer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is lower than 100° C. (b) The extrapolated onset temperature of melting of the polymer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is 100° C. or higher.

Abstract: A solar cell module having a good appearance after lamination and a method for producing such a solar cell module are provided by specifying the combination guideline for encapsulants capable of bettering the appearance after lamination. The solar cell module contains an upper protective material (A), an encapsulant (B) for use on the side of the upper protective material (A), a solar cell device (C), an encapsulant (D) for use on the side of a back sheet (E), and the back sheet (E), wherein the encapsulant (B) and the encapsulant (D) satisfy the following requirement (P), and the production method produces the solar cell module. Requirement (P): The flow beginning temperature (TB) (° C.) of the encapsulant (B) and the flow beginning temperature (TD) (° C.) of the encapsulant (D), as measured under a load of 1 kgf/cm2, have the following relationship: TB?TD>0 (° C.

Abstract: A solar cell encapsulant sheet including a resin layer (S) formed of a resin composition containing an olefine-based resin, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the resin layer (S) is 200 MPa or less, at least one surface of the resin layer (S) is the sheet surface of the encapsulant sheet, and the sheet surface satisfies the following requirements (a), (b) and (c): (a) the dynamic friction coefficient on a tempered white glass plate is 1.5 or less, (b) the surface roughness Rzjis is from 0.1 to 50 ?m, and (c) the static friction coefficient on a tempered white glass plate is 1.5 or less.

Abstract: Provided are a solar cell module produced by laminating at least a back sheet (A) and an encapsulant (B), in which the condition of the lamination can be easily set and which has a good appearance after lamination, and a method for producing such a solar cell module. The solar cell module in which the ratio (?(A)/G?(B)) of a shrinkage stress (?(A)) (Pa) of the back sheet (A) and a shear elastic modulus (G?(B)) (Pa) of the encapsulant (B) at a preset lamination temperature is 60.0 or less, wherein the shrinkage stress (?(A)) of the back sheet (A) is a measured value (Pa) for the back sheet (A) at the preset lamination temperature, and the shear elastic modulus (G?(B)) of the encapsulant (B) is a measured value (Pa) for the encapsulant (B) at an oscillation frequency of 1 Hz at the preset lamination temperature.

Abstract: Provided are a solar cell encapsulant material which facilitates production of solar cell modules and which is excellent in all of adhesiveness, long-term stability of adhesion power, transparency and heat resistance, and a solar cell module produced by using the encapsulant material. The solar cell encapsulant material has at least an adhesive layer (layer (I)) and a layer (layer (II)) of a resin composition (C) that contains an ethylene-?-olefin random copolymer (A) satisfying the following requirement (a) and an ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer (B) satisfying the following requirement (b): (a) The heat of crystal fusion of the copolymer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is from 0 to 70 J/g; (b) As measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, the crystal melting peak temperature of the copolymer is 100° C. or higher, and the heat of crystal fusion thereof is from 5 to 70 J/g.

Abstract: Provided is a cover film for solar cells, with which solar cell modules are easy to produce, which comprises an encapsulant resin layer excellent in softness, transparency and heat resistance, and a weather-resistant layer excellent in weather resistance, moisture proofness, transparency and heat resistance and having high adhesiveness to the encapsulant resin layer, and is therefore excellent in handleability, and which is effective for reducing the weight of solar cell modules and for enhancing the impact resistance and the durability thereof; and also provided is a solar cell module produced by the use of the cover film for solar cells. Disclosed is production of a cover film for solar cells by laminating weather-resistant layer or a surface protective layer, and an encapsulant resin layer comprising a resin composition that contains an ethylene-a-olefin random copolymer and an ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer both having specific thermal properties.

Abstract: Provided are a solar cell encapsulant material which facilitates production of solar cell modules, which does not require a crosslinking step and which is excellent in heat resistance and others, and a solar cell module produced by the use of the encapsulant material. The solar cell encapsulant material comprises a resin composition (C) that contains an olefin-based polymer (A) satisfying the following requirement (a) and an olefin-based polymer (B) satisfying the following requirement (b). (a) The crystal melting peak temperature of the polymer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is lower than 100° C. (b) The extrapolated onset temperature of melting of the polymer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is 100° C. or higher.

Abstract: Provided are a sheet for a solar cell of a monolayer construction or a multilayer construction based on a polyphenylene ether-based resin layer formed of a resin composition using a polyphenylene ether as a main component, which has excellent durability, excellent flame retardancy, excellent dimensional stability and high adhesiveness with a encapsulating resin layer or the like, and a solar cell module obtained by providing the sheet for a solar cell.

Abstract: A pull-on disposable diaper 1 has, between a waist opening 5 and leg openings 6, a region 71 having a width of 15 to 35 mm in each of a front section A and a rear section B. The region 71, while worn by a wearer, applies a pressure of 1.1 to 2.5 kPa to the wearer's body. With the diaper 1 opened and stretched out, the distance from the longitudinal centerline of the diaper to the widthwise middle of the region 71 in the front section A is 180 to 220 mm, and the distance from the longitudinal centerline of the diaper to the widthwise middle of the region 71 in the rear section B is 180 to 220 mm. A waist portion around the waist opening 5, while worn by a wearer, applies a pressure of 0.3 to 1.5 kPa to the wearer's body.

Abstract: A disposable diaper (1) has a waist opening portion and a pair of leg opening portions and contains an absorbent body including a topsheet and an absorbent core. The absorbent core (4) is composed of a central absorbent member (41) and a pair of side absorbent members (42) disposed on both sides of the central absorbent member (41). The central absorbent member (41) is discrete from the side absorbent members (42) in at least the crotch portion (C). Each side absorbent member has a raising elastic member which is provided near its outboard edge along the longitudinal direction, so that the side absorbent member (42) rises while worm. The diaper is configured to exert a higher wearing pressure in its regions (91) that are to be applied to a wearer's body part between the iliac crests and the anterior superior iliac spines than in its waist opening portion while worn.

Abstract: A disposable diaper (1) has a waist opening portion and a pair of leg opening portions and contains an absorbent body including a topsheet and an absorbent core. The absorbent core (4) is composed of a central absorbent member (41) and a pair of side absorbent members (42) disposed on both sides of the central absorbent member (41). The central absorbent member (41) is discrete from the side absorbent members (42) in at least the crotch portion (C). Each side absorbent member has a raising elastic member which is provided near its outboard edge along the longitudinal direction, so that the side absorbent member (42) rises while worm. The diaper is configured to exert a higher wearing pressure in its regions (91) that are to be applied to a wearer's body part between the iliac crests and the anterior superior iliac spines than in its waist opening portion while worn.

Abstract: A pull-on disposable diaper of which the crotch portion snugly fits the wearer's groins to have a neat appearance is provided. The disposable diaper 1 has a waist opening 5 and a pair of leg openings 6. The diaper 1, in its flat-out state, has a length M of 210 to 280 mm between the lower end of the flap F in the longitudinal front portion and the lower end of the flap F in the longitudinal rear portion. A width N ranges 50 to 160 mm in the narrowest part of the diaper near the longitudinal central portion thereof.

Abstract: A pull-on disposable diaper 1 has, between a waist opening 5 and leg openings 6, a region 71 having a width of 15 to 35 mm in each of a front section A and a rear section B. The region 71, while worn by a wearer, applies a pressure of 1.1 to 2.5 kPa to the wearer's body. With the diaper 1 opened and stretched out, the distance from the longitudinal centerline of the diaper to the widthwise middle of the region 71 in the front section A is 180 to 220 mm, and the distance from the longitudinal centerline of the diaper to the widthwise middle of the region 71 in the rear section B is 180 to 220 mm. A waist portion around the waist opening 5, while worn by a wearer, applies a pressure of 0.3 to 1.5 kPa to the wearer's body.