The market penetration rate of EPE film (co-extruded POE film) continues to increase, and the industry has broad room for development.

EPE film, also known as co-extruded POE film, is an encapsulating film prepared using EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) and POE (polyethylene octene co-elastomer) as raw materials and using a co-extrusion process. EPE film is one of the subdivisions of photovoltaic packaging films. Compared with traditional EVA film and POE film, EPE film has the comprehensive advantages of both EVA and POE films, and has excellent PID resistance and resistance. Water-based, adhesive and higher cost performance can effectively improve the power generation efficiency of photovoltaic panels and reduce production costs, which is an important direction for the future upgrade of photovoltaic adhesive films.

Photovoltaic adhesive film mainly plays the role of bonding photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic glass, backsheets and protecting cells. It is one of the key materials for photovoltaic module packaging. The development of the industry is closely related to the development of the photovoltaic module industry. Under the background of the booming development of the domestic photovoltaic industry, the output of photovoltaic modules continues to increase, which in turn drives the demand for photovoltaic films to continue to grow. According to data from the China Photovoltaic Association, national photovoltaic module production will reach 288.7GW in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 58.8%. As a result, the domestic photovoltaic film market demand in 2022 will be approximately 1.12 billion square meters.

According to the “2023-2028 EPE film (co-extruded POE film) industry market in-depth research and investment prospects” released by the Industrial Research Center The Forecast Analysis Report shows that the huge market demand has brought broad development space to the domestic EPE film market. However, affected by factors such as technology, development time, and market awareness, the current domestic photovoltaic film market is still dominated by EVA film. Its market share will be approximately 43% in 2022, and EPE film’s market share will be approximately 25%. %. In the future, as the advantages of EPE film continue to highlight, it is expected to accelerate the replacement of EVA film and POE film, and the industry has huge development potential.

The EPE film industry has high technical barriers and requires not only continued R&D investment but also constantly upgraded technical levels. Currently, domestic companies in this field mainly include Hangzhou Foster Applied Materials, Wuxi Lianeng Material Technology, Zhejiang Walan Technology, Jiangsu Jolywood New Materials Technology, Guangzhou Lushan New Materials, Xiamen China Silicon Sona New Energy, Suzhou Jolywood Photovoltaic New Materials, etc. In the future, with the continuous improvement of local enterprises’ technology and the continuous expansion of production capacity, the penetration rate of the domestic EPE film market will continue to increase.

Industry analysts said that my country is the fastest growing country in the world’s photovoltaic industry and leads the world in photovoltaic module output. , and as an important component of photovoltaic modules, photovoltaic film demand continues to grow, and the industry has broad room for development. EPE film is a new type of photovoltaic film product, which has better performance advantages than EVA film and POE film. Currently, with the accelerated entry of enterprises and the increasingly mature related processes, its market penetration rate is continuing to increase, and it is expected to be in the future. Achieving accelerated replacement of traditional photovoltaic films has huge potential for industry development.