Researchers at MIT have found spearheaded a process to use
materials from old car batteries to make more resilient Solar panels, form of pollution
free renewable energy. Perovskite is a
compound that is fairly new in terms of solar energy. In just three years
researchers have taken this compound from laboratory testing to an efficiency that
rivals other solar technologies. However for this compound’s reaction to take
place lead must be present. The process by which lead is obtained releases
toxic residues. Lead is present in car batteries. By recycling the used car
battery for its lead it fills the need for the solar energy and keeps harmful pollutants
out of the environment. The team has found that the lead from one car battery
can supply enough solar panels to power thirty households for decades to come.
Breakthrough such as these are what will solve the energy crisis. The work of
independent universities and scientists is what will solve the energy crisis.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140818113428.htm
This is a great innovation! It is great for the environment that we can recycle old car batteries that would otherwise end up in a landfill. I like that it also keeps the poisonous lead out of the environment. Hopefully this process of using lead to create solar panels will give a boost to the alternative energy field. I also agree that ingenious breakthroughs such as these are what will solve the energy crisis.
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