BioSolar Files Comprehensive Patent for BioBacksheet
BioSolar announced today that it has filed a patent application to protect the novel inventions and processes behind its proprietary biobased backsheet, a protective covering for the back of photovoltaic solar cells traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film. (...)
[the] technology made from renewable plant sources [consists] a cellulosic plastic equivalent derived from cotton and castor beans materials.
Expected to cost significantly less ["by allowing manufacturers to lower the cost of their finished product without being impacted by the volatile cost of petroleum.”] than traditional Tedlar based backsheet, the petroleum-based film made by DuPont in use by the majority of silicon-based solar-cell manufacturers today, BioBacksheet meets or exceeds the characteristics of various testing and performance standards for the photovoltaic industry.