An overview of the comprehensive utilization of silicon-based solid waste related to PV industry

J Guo, X Liu, J Yu, C Xu, Y Wu, RA Senthil - Resources, conservation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid development of photovoltaic (PV) industry has led to increasing emissions of
silicon-based solid (SIBS) waste. The discharge of these solid wastes is not only detrimental …

End-of-life photovoltaic modules

J Tan, S Jia, S Ramakrishna - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
More than 78 million tons of photovoltaic modules (PVMs) will reach their end of life (EOL)
by 2050. If they are not responsibly managed, they can (a) pollute our terrestrial …

Green recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic modules via Deep-Eutectic solvents

Y Yu, S Li, J Lu, F Xi, X Chen, D Wu, W Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainable End-of-life (EOL) photovoltaic (PV) modules recycling is essential for achieving
resource conservation and alleviating environmental issues. Ethylene vinyle acetate (EVA) …

A new strategy for functionalization of char derived from pyrolysis of textile waste and its application as hybrid fillers (CNTs/char and graphene/char) in cement industry

S Yousef, R Kalpokaitė-Dičkuvienė… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Char derived from pyrolysis of textile waste (CTW) represents about 18 wt% of pyrolysis
products with smaller economic value. In order to maximize the economic performance of …

Microcrystalline paraffin wax, biogas, carbon particles and aluminum recovery from metallised food packaging plastics using pyrolysis, mechanical and chemical …

S Yousef, J Eimontas, K Zakarauskas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metallised food packaging plastics waste (MFPW) is the most complex part of plastic waste
ever with poor recyclability. In order to close the circle loop of MFPWs and to increase their …

Recycling of discarded photovoltaic solar modules for metal recovery: a review and outlook for the future

R Gahlot, S Mir, N Dhawan - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
The extensive deployment of photovoltaic (PV) modules at an expeditious rate worldwide
leads to a massive generation of solar waste (60–78 million tonnes by 2050). A stringent …

Recycling experimental investigation on end of life photovoltaic panels by application of high voltage fragmentation

BP Song, MY Zhang, Y Fan, L Jiang, J Kang, TT Gou… - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of photovoltaic industry, the recycling of waste solar photovoltaic
(PV) panels is becoming a critical and global challenge. Considering PV panels recycling is …

A facile crush-and-sieve treatment for recycling end-of-life photovoltaics

Y Sim, YB Tay, HK Pham, N Mathews - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The shift towards renewable energy mix has resulted in an exponential growth of the
photovoltaic (PV) industry over the past few decades. Parallelly, new recycling technology …

Simplified silicon recovery from photovoltaic waste enables high performance, sustainable lithium-ion batteries

Y Sim, YB Tay, X Lin, N Mathews - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional recycling methods to separate pure silicon from photovoltaic cells rely on
complete dissolution of metals like silver and aluminium and the recovery of insoluble silicon …

Metal dissolution from end-of-life solar photovoltaics in real landfill leachate versus synthetic solutions: One-year study

P Nain, A Kumar - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
To investigate the after end-of-life concerns of solar panels, four commercially available
photovoltaics (reduced to 15× 15 cm 2 size) in broken and unbroken conditions were …