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Photovoltaic Waste
In article number 2110518, Nripan Mathews, Jing Wu, Ady Suwardi and co‐workers enable upcycling of waste photovoltaics into thermoelectrics, making use of the majority‐carrier nature of thermoelectrics, which are generally more defect‐ and impurity‐tolerant than minority‐carrier‐based photovoltaics. This work helps to close the loop of circular economy for renewable energy.
Two decades after the rapid expansion of photovoltaics, the number of solar panels reaching end‐of‐life is increasing. While precious metals such as silver and copper are usually recycled, silicon, which makes up the bulk of a solar cells, goes to landfills. This is due to the defect‐ and impurity‐sensitive nature in most silicon‐based technologies, rendering it uneconomical to purify waste silicon...
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