Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 8, Issue 15, Pages 5868-5879Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07434
Keywords
Photovoltaic panel; Recovery; Sustainable; Recycling; Silicon anode; Ball milling
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- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique -FNRS [1.E118.16]
- Walloon Region through the Beware Fellowship Academia [2015-1, RESIBAT] [1510399]
- SOLARCYCLE project [6841]
- Walloon Region under the PE PlanMarshall2.vert program [BATWAL -1318146]
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Millions of residential and industrial solar panels installed in the late 1980s and early 1990s are approaching the end of their life, resulting in the drastic accumulation of a potential source of environmental pollution-given the presence of hazardous materials, such as lead. The foreseen crisis, however, can be turned into a great opportunity by value-added recovery of precious solar-grade silicon (Si) to the highly desired nano-structured silicon for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, we demonstrate a potential end-of-life management option for photovoltaic (PV) panels, representing a step toward producing greener and more energy-efficient Si for batteries. We show that leaching the recovered silicon wafers in critically tuned alkali-acid leaching baths effectively removes the major impurities: lead (Pb), silver (Ag), and aluminum (Al). The ultrapure Si is then nanosized via industrially scalable milling routes to meet the requirements of expansion-tolerant Si anodes for LIBs delivering capacities as high as 1400 mAh g(-1).
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