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Solar panels that come apart

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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The workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nl

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Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A four-part collage: a facade with colored solar panels, dark flexible panels, a close-up of solar cells, and roof tiles with cellsImage: Biosphere Solar, Soluxa, TNOMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Diagram of three steps: strong glues for a long life, hard to take apart at the end, a growing waste streamImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Interreg PV RESILIENCE page
Slide 3
Diagram comparing a usual panel, glued for life, with the project aim: no permanent glues, silver and silicon kept availableImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Interreg PV RESILIENCE page
Slide 4
Diagram listing four strands: flexible roof elements, modules that come apart, colored facade panels, lab and outdoor testingImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW press kit 2462
Slide 5
Diagram of three steps: take apart old modules, recover the parts, build new panels from themImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW press kit 2462

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