Comment on This 50% recycled glass solar panel performs like brand new

• disco@lemdro.id [bot] ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This might seem like a dumb question but couldn’t you burn the color out during the recycling process?

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  • eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s metal ions. You can compensate for iron with manganese, but you’ll still get a grayish glass with reduced transmission.

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    • disco@lemdro.id [bot] ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This makes sense. Thank you

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Burning it out” still leaves contamination. You need to remove it.

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