EtaVolt’s Advanced Regeneration Technology combats solar panel degradation by applying intense light and controlled temperature to damaged cells. Here’s the process:
- Molecular excitation: The device delivers light multiple times brighter than natural sunlight alongside precise thermal control. This excites the solar cell’s molecular structure, causing molecules to move rapidly.
- Defect repair: The accelerated molecular motion enables impurities (e.g., boron-oxygen defects) to migrate and reorganize, effectively patching microscopic “holes” caused by prolonged light/heat exposure.
- Performance recovery: The treatment takes <5 minutes per 2.3-meter panel through an automated rolling device, restoring up to 5% of lost efficiency and reducing leakage currents.
- Protection: Post-treatment, panels experience minimized degradation for up to 5 years depending on type, as the process stabilizes the material’s atomic arrangement against future stress.
The technology works on >90% of silicon solar panels (including common boron-doped cells) and is deployable onsite for both indoor and outdoor solar farms. It complements EtaVolt’s full-cycle sustainability approach, which includes automated panel recycling to recover materials.
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