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To: null and void

“There are four major types of thin-film solar panels: amorphous [silicon], cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper gallium indium diselenide (CIGS), and organic solar panels.” From energysage.com.

So, you seem to be correct, but there are other types of solar cells. Any idea of the proportions?


7 posted on 09/15/2019 9:30:38 AM PDT by buridan
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No idea. I’ve been processing silicon since the 70s. Not interested in the toxic and only slightly more efficient exotics.


10 posted on 09/15/2019 9:55:34 AM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, donÂ’t forget the unicorn farts!)
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"So, you seem to be correct, but there are other types of solar cells. Any idea of the proportions?"

The cadmium and lead doesn't come from the solar cells, it comes from the solder used to make the connections. The cells themselves are recovered and recycled into raw material for new cells.

14 posted on 09/15/2019 10:08:11 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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“organic solar panels”
I gotta get me some at Whole Solar Panels : )


38 posted on 09/15/2019 2:02:05 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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