Polypropylene

Polypropylene is used in photovoltaic panels

Polypropylene: Often used as film to protect glass panels or as a base material for plastic solar cells. Alternative energy plastic is one of the most important plastic innovations in recent years, helping renewable energy resources to become more common and cost-effective. The integration of polypropylene into PV technologies represents a convergence of. . Silicon is the most commonly used material for solar cells because of the strong photovoltaic effect it produces (meaning it speeds up sunlight's electrons within the cell to create an electrical current). These materials presently used for photovoltaics includes polycrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, copper indium gallium selenide/sulfide and cadmium telluride. . Sabic has teamed up with solar module maker Solarge to develop lightweight photovoltaic (PV) modules employing polypropylene (PP).