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Bio-Based Solar Cells Could Reduce Cost?

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 posted by posted by Mak @ 9:59 PM

The California-based “BioSolar” company has developed a novel technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources, which could significantly reduce the cost of solar cells. By replacing petroleum-based plastic solar cell components with bio-based materials, the company says it can achieve cost reduction of up to 50% on the materials being replaced. Advanced manipulation of bio-based polymers allows BioSolar to produce both robust and durable components, which, according to the company, meet the requirements of current solar cell manufacturing processes.

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