Feng Gao, professor of optoelectronics at the same department, adds: "We need to take recycling into consideration when developing emerging solar cell technologies. If we don't know how to recycle ...

Broken and worn-out solar panels can be recycled, but it's not easy. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 ...

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Scientists led by Linköping University and Cornell University have proposed a new technique to recycle perovskite solar cells made on glass substrates using a water-based solution. The novel approach ...

According to a study published in Nature, researchers at Linköping University have created a technique to repeatedly recycle every component of a solar cell without using environmentally dangerous ...

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US metals firm Comstock has completed all the necessary permits to build a solar module recycling facility in Nevada.

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Researchers at Linköping University have developed a method to recycle all parts of a perovskite solar cell repeatedly without environmentally hazardous solvents. In a study published in Nature, ...