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New recycling method makes solar cells even more environmentally friendly (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@slrpnk.net

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[–] solo@slrpnk.net 16 points 5 months ago

the number of cells ready for recycling will grow dramatically within a few decades, and there are expected to be 80 million tonnes of panels ready for recycling each year by 2050.

That sounds like it's a lot

The new work, rather than focusing on completely dissolving the materials used in constructing the panel, relies on a brief chemical treatment that largely severs the connections among the individual layers. While this results in some chemical byproducts, most of the material ends up intact and in a relatively pure form.

That sounds impressive. Hope the chemical byproducts are environmentally friendly or something.