EPE film market share continues to increase, and future market development prospects are good

EPE film (co-extruded POE film) is made of EVA film-POE film-EVA film through a co-extrusion process. It is an emerging photovoltaic film. Due to the advantages of EPE film in terms of durability, optics, adhesion, light transmittance, etc., EPE film is increasingly used in photovoltaics, electronics, automobiles and other fields. In the photovoltaic field, EPE film is mainly used for The photovoltaic module packaging process plays a role in buffering and protection.

In recent years, driven by policies and technology, my country’s photovoltaic industry has developed rapidly. The output of photovoltaic modules has ranked first in the world for many years in a row. As a key material for photovoltaic modules, photovoltaic adhesive film has an overall market size that is on a growth trend. At present, the photovoltaic films in my country’s market are mainly transparent EVA films, white EVA films, POE films, and EPE films. Among them, EVA films account for the highest market share, accounting for more than 70%.

With the advancement of technology, photovoltaic module manufacturing has been upgraded. At the same time, the market has higher requirements for the performance of photovoltaic films. According to the “2022-2026 Co-extruded POE Film (EPE) Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report” shows that in order to meet the increasingly upgraded packaging needs, the EPE film market has ushered in good development opportunities, and the market share has been increasing year by year. The share in 2021 will be around 14.9%, and the share is expected to grow to more than 16.2% in 2022. , the global annual demand reaches 380 million square meters.

EPE film has the high water resistance and high PID resistance of POE film, and also has the easy lamination performance of EVE film. It is suitable for photovoltaics with higher requirements such as PERC double-sided double-glass modules and N-type double-sided double glass modules. The field of component packaging. Double-sided modules are a general trend. Compared with single-sided PERC cells, double-sided PERC cells can effectively increase power generation and reduce electricity costs. In the future, as the market share of double-sided modules increases and the development of N-type batteries, EPE adhesives will The membrane market demand will be further released, and the future development prospects of the industry are good.

EPE film is an important development direction for photovoltaic films in the future. In order to seize market opportunities, the number of companies entering the EPE film market has been increasing in recent years. Among them, Hangzhou Foster, Swick, Haiyou New Materials and other companies occupy the leading position. Market dominance. However, as an emerging photovoltaic film, EPE film currently still has certain potential quality risks, such as additive migration risk, delamination risk, thickness control risk, etc. Due to this limitation, EPE film will not be able to challenge POE film in the short term. market status.

Industry analysts said that my country’s photovoltaic module production ranks first in the world. As a key raw material for photovoltaic modules, photovoltaic film has strong market demand. At the same time, technological progress drives the upgrade of photovoltaic films, and the market share of EPE films continues to increase. At present, my country already has the supply capacity of EPE films. In the future, with the development of double-sided modules and N-type batteries, the EPE film market has broad room for development. .