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Researchers funded by South Korea’s solar‑panel recycling program converted silicon‑rich powder from end‑of‑life panels into a sodium silicate solution by reacting it with sodium hydroxide and water. Using that solution in a modified Stöber process—an alkaline mixture of ammonia and alcohol—they produced silica nanoparticles averaging 109 nm in diameter. When the nanoparticles were blended into graphite anodes, the resulting batteries showed increased capacity. The work demonstrates a pathway to turn solar‑panel waste into value‑added materials for energy storage.

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