BioSolar Makes Solar Cell Backsheet from Cotton & Castor Beans
BioSolar, Inc . (BSRC ) announced that it has been featured in media reports following its announcement that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company’s proprietary BioBacksheet™, a protective covering, traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film, used in the back of virtually all photovoltaic solar cells.
BioSolar’s official announcement was at the SPIE Symposium on Solar Applications and Energy conference on August 12, 2008 in San Diego, CA. Petroleum-based backsheets have been rising in price due to the recent oil price increases.
