August 12, 2008

Plant plastics for photovoltaics

CNET's Green Tech is reporting that plant plastics based on cotton and castor beans can now serve as photovoltaics' protective coating. It's hoped this will be a more sustainable solution than DuPont's formula composed of polyvinyl fluoride.

The residual biomass in bioplastics might also provide a source of ethanol.

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