BioSolar, Inc. announced that it filed a patent application to protect the unique inventions and processes behind its proprietary bio-based backsheet. The extensive patent application is expected to provide BioSolar full protection of its new BioBacksheet technology. BioSolar's backsheet, which is a protective covering placed on the back of photovoltaic solar cells, is made from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost per watt on solar cells. Most silicon-based solar-cell manufacturers today rely on costly traditional backsheets, like the Tedlar by DuPont, that are petroleum-based.
"As the solar industry aims to make the world a greener place, the reality is that making solar cells currently relies on the use of petroleum based-products," stated David Lee, CEO of BioSolar. "The goal of solar is to provide power while reducing our dependence on the world's petroleum supply and the use of petro-based chemicals in the manufacturing process of green energy presents a fundamental contradiction. Plus, our technology will reduce the final cost per watt of solar electricity by allowing manufacturers to lower the cost of their finished product without being impacted by the volatile cost of petroleum."
