On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that ...

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Scientists develop a water-based method to fully recycle perovskite solar cells, ensuring sustainability without efficiency ...

Perovskite solar cells are an exciting new technology. They are cheaper, lighter, and more flexible than silicon panels. Plus ...

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Using a newly designed recycling technique, the researchers were able to fully break down a perovskite solar cell at the end of its life cycle using only a water solvent. When they used that ...

The heated fluid is then used to boil water for steam, which turns a steam turbine. The steam turbine then drives a generator, producing electricity. Solar heating uses solar collecting panels ...