TWO CHALLENGES
ONE CIRCULAR SOLUTION
Solar deployment is accelerating, creating a growing future stream of end-of-life photovoltaic panels. At the same time, U.S. manufacturers need more resilient domestic sources of advanced materials for energy storage, electronics, defense, and industrial applications.
Lumanis recovers material from decommissioned solar panels and convert it into silicon-based nanomaterials. Diverting valuable materials from landfills while building a domestic circular supply chain for high-value advanced materials, sustainably solves two major challenges for next-generation technologies.
What We Are Building
Lumanis is developing a circular materials pathway to convert recovered solar panel waste into high-value silicon nanomaterials designed to support the next generation of energy, manufacturing, and industrial technologies. At the nanoscale, silicon's properties can be tailored for specialized applications across advanced ceramics, coatings, powder metallurgy, electronics, and energy storage.
One of the most significant opportunities for our materials is lithium-ion battery technology. Silicon carries a theoretical lithium-storage capacity substantially greater than conventional graphite, the standard anode material used in most lithium-ion batteries today, creating the potential for higher energy-density batteries that support more compact consumer electronics, improved stationary energy-storage systems, and longer-range electric vehicles. Our development pathway includes silicon-graphite composites designed to capture silicon's energy-density advantages while addressing the expansion and cycling durability challenges associated with using silicon alone.
If you are interested in being among the first to evaluate our materials, we invite you to connect with us today and join our early sample partner list.
Advanced Manufacturing
Our silicon nanomaterials can serve as specialized inputs for advanced ceramics, coatings, powder metallurgy, electronics, and other applications. Lumanis is supporting manufacturers and institutions seeking domestic, characterized material inputs for high-value product development.
Next-Generation Technologies
Silicon nanomaterials have applications across energy storage systems, consumer electronics, advanced energy technologies etc. Lumanis is developing a pathway designed to help technology innovators explore high-performing sustainable materials.
Circular Domestic Supply
Our model is designed to support a more resilient domestic materials economy while creating higher-value for an emerging end-of-life solar feedstock.
