Lisco, F.Virtuani, AlessandroBallif, Christophe2021-10-232021-10-232021-10-232021-01-0110.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518430https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/182426WOS:000701690400451Lightweight crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV modules with a weight of 5kg/m(2), by substituting the typical front glass with a thin polymer sheet and the standard back sheet by a composite sandwich structure are presented here. With this work, we propose the use of a "combi-encapsulant", as a front sheet for the proposed lightweight composite PV modules. With the final goal of manufacturing a lightweight structure able to withstand environmental and mechanical stress tests (following the IEC 61215 [3]), as combined sequential tests.lightweight pv modulesencapsulantsfronthseetenvironmental and mechanical testtext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper