Lab tests find negligible LeTID in TOPCon solar cells
Rockies researchers tested industrial TOPCon cells made with and without laser-enhanced contact optimization.
Carbon capture, recycling, new materials, agritech: the engineering that puts matter back into circulation.
Ecotech is the engineering that puts matter back into circulation: capturing carbon instead of letting it escape, reusing what was thought fit for the landfill, swapping a heavy material for a clean one. This section follows recycling pilot lines — solar panels, wind-turbine blades, plastics — carbon capture and use, low-carbon cement and steel, and the agritech that grows more with less water and fewer inputs.
We report what can be measured: a recovery yield, a cost per tonne, a plant opening, a process moving from the lab to the production line. Every article cites its sources — often industrial announcements or scientific papers the general press never picks up — and separates what is already running from what is still a prototype. This is the raw material of progress, in the most literal sense.
Rockies researchers tested industrial TOPCon cells made with and without laser-enhanced contact optimization.
ESPOL and Surrey researchers tested replacing natural aggregate at 10%, 20% and 30% in concrete mixes.
A 5-nanometer chromium barrier protects aluminum from corrosive halide ions.
National University of Singapore researchers grind carbon fiber and epoxy together, avoiding chemical separation.