• xkforce@lemmy.world
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    1. This is a combination of two different cells not one material

    2. Currently most perovskites are based on Lead salts. So theyre cheap to manufacture but have obvious environmental issues

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        the lead will be perfectly safe until someone crushes them up into a bunch of powder with a front loader, and then dumps in the nearest unsealed landfill

        also lead mining/production is not waste free in of itself

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        Theyre lead salts. I guarantee that some of it is going to leech into the environment. And at some point theyre going to need to be manufactured in the first place and recycled/disposed of

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        The companies that make these need to provide free recycling for every panel they sell.