{"id":3999,"date":"2014-09-22T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T03:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:30:11","slug":"solar-power-old-car-batteries-revs-recycling-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-old-car-batteries-revs-recycling-clean-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT discovers how to make cheap solar panels from old car batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4003\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/battery-to-solar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4003\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/battery-to-solar.jpg\" alt=\"What do we do with gazillions of old, toxic car batteries? Simple. Turn them into cheap solar panels!\" width=\"650\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What do we do with gazillions of old, toxic car batteries? Simple. Turn them into cheap solar panels of course!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/this-high-cost-of-cheap-solar-systems\/\">Cheap solar panels<\/a> made\u00a0from old car batteries?<\/p>\n<p>Yup! That is the latest clean energy recycling breakthrough from researchers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/mitei.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<\/a>. And the verdict at SQHQ is &#8220;GENIUS!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A co-authored paper published in respected journal Energy and Environmental Science describes diverting toxic waste lead material from dead car batteries and combining it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/talking-perovskite-new-kid-solar-cell-block\/\" target=\"_blank\">perovskite: the new wonder kid of solar power research<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe conversion has a number of advantages over silicon solar cells said MIT professor (and head of the research team) Dr. Angela M. Belcher. This included being a low temperature process and reducing the number of steps needed for conversion.<\/p>\n<p>The use of perovskite as photovoltaic material has been highly effective. The compound has reached power conversion efficiency levels of 19 percent; close to that of traditional silicon solar cells. However its key drawback has been its use of lead for production, with the potential for damaging toxic residues for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"http:\/\/mitei.mit.edu\/news\/recycling-old-batteries-solar-cells\" target=\"_blank\">August 18 MIT press release<\/a> though, a thin film of just half a micrometre of the recycled lead\/perovskite photovoltaic material is all that\u2019s needed for each solar cell. This means the lead taken from an average car battery could produce enough solar panels for 30 households.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does this turn toxic waste into useful clean energy material but it also removes a major potential problem: what to do with the lead in old car batteries as they are made redundant by new technology such as lithium. The recycled lead is protected from leaking into the environment because it will be be encapsulated in the solar cells, according to the team.<\/p>\n<p>The enthusiasm of the academic community for the research is palpable.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to Yang Yang, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles who was not involved in this research: \u201cWow, what an interesting paper, that turns the waste of one system into a valuable resource for another! I think the work demonstrated here \u2026 can resolve a major issue of industrial waste, and provide a solution for future renewable energy,\u201d the professor was quoted as saying by MIT.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Solar power from old car batteries ticks two vitally important boxes for future generations. It reduces the serious problem of lead pollution in our environment and helps convert the noxious and dangerous waste material into a conduit for green energy. The MIT team have taken this unlikely concept and turned tomorrow&#8217;s solutions into a reality for today&#8217;s clean energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheap solar panels made\u00a0from old car batteries? Yup! That is the latest clean energy recycling breakthrough from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 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