Even with targets aiming for 65% recycling product weight, some of, the current studied recycling processes can recycle over 80% of the weight of a PV module, Thin-films represent less than 10% of the total PV industry [3]. Summary of NEDO recycling process for Si modules (pilot project). Furthermore, valuable metals like silver and copper are also present, which represents a value opportunity if they can be recovered. Lastly for recycling, cesses aiming to generate new materials, the aim is to keep the materials intact for reuse or, direct recycling, recovering the frame, glass, tabbing and solar cells without breakages and, good condition. If we compare the economics of recycling electronics and telecommunications, where the profits are generated through the recovery of precious metals and parts, it is unlikely for PV solar modules to have sufficient amounts of these materials to pay for the associated costs of the steps of recycling processes [69]. (ITRPV) prediction for the installed PV capacity in 2050 is 4500 gigawatts [6]. 2030s. Recycling of photovoltaic waste boosts circular economy. With the unavailability of walking and cycling infrastructure, people are forced to use vehicles majorly powered by petrol and diesel engines, ultimately increasing the carbon emissions. Over the past few decades, humanity has faced a growing number of unpredictable natural disasters. Perovskite solar cells based on CH3NH3PbI3 and related materials have reached impressive efficiencies that, on a lab scale, can compete with established solar cell technologies, at least in short-term observations. Once materials can be recovered without impurities, then they will have a higher market value, which is one of the main obstacles to the growth of the PV recycling industry with the current technologies. Waste Electrical and Electronic Products. So far, recycling processes of c-Si modules are unprofitable but are likely to be mandated in more jurisdictions. The PV waste manage-, ment has the potential to develop new pathways for industry development and. before 2025, according to some forecasts [68]. silver, tellurium and indium) and make them available for future use [8]. After that, the aluminum metallisation is also recovered and can be used for producing wastewater treatment chemicals as aluminum oxide [47]. However, this will not occur. The extraction of secondary raw material from EoL PV modules, if made in an efficient way, can make them available to the market again [68]. • Early-loss: Takes account of “infant”, “mid-life” and “wear-out” failures before the 30-year lifespan. Many works on PV panel recycling (60% of papers cited in this review) were focused on the treatment of Si-panels (Doni and Dughiero, 2012, Kang et al., 2012, Kim and Lee, 2012, Huang et al., 2017, Shin et al., 2017), whereas fewer studies presented the development of recycling processes allowing for the treatment of different panels technologies (Pagnanelli et al., 2016, Pagnanelli et al., 2017). Besides that, it is important to note that no process can recycle 100% of recovered materials from solar modules yet [28]. Feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic: The rise of Japan. NPC incorporated is one of the companies that make solar module recycling equipment. There are different cell structures for crystalline silicon-based PV cells [32]. Photovoltaic recycling technologies studied worldwide. In dieser Zeit, in der vielerorts erwogen wird, wie diverse Materialien aus Rohstofflagerstätten mit geringsten Gehalten gewonnen werden können, eröffnet sich ein vielversprechender Weg – die Wiederverwendung, das Recycling. This bill is currently pending United States Environmental Protection Agency approval [16]. End-of-life management could become a significant component of the PV value chain.1 As the findings of the report underline, recycling PV panels at their endof- life can unlock a large stock of raw materials and other valuable components. Digital tools such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the industrial IoT, and blockchain technology that support the LCA of PV systems are highlighted. If a recycling process for PV waste that is revenue positive (i.e. Quantitative assessment of the environmental effects of crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic module is favored through life cycle assessment. Studies show that the impurity levels are an important issue during the recycling processes. This article illustrates and analyses an innovative process for the recycling of silicon PV panel. At the end of 2016, the cumulative global PV waste reached 250,000 metric tons, while it is expected that by 2050 that figure will increase to 5.5–6 million tons [7]. TCLP results from broken MoSCs revealed that metals leached at relatively high levels: Al: 182 mg/L, Ni: 7.7 mg/L, and Cu: 3.6 mg/L. Once all the installed capacity starts reaching EoL (within 20–30 years) they will create a significant waste problem for Japan. These countries treat PV waste under a general regulatory framework for hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste or WEEE. silver, tellurium and, indium) and make them available for future use [8]. Several life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies that focused on PV recycling were identified. CIGS has a very high optical, absorption coefficient because it is a direct band gap material, 2.4 eV by varying the In/Ga and Se/S ratios [39]) and efficiency of approximately 15.7, for high bandgap [40]. However, this will not occur before 2025, according to some forecasts [68]. It US Patent # 6,572,782; 2003, 20161117-INCOMING/Tech-Science/Japanese-companies-work-on-ways-to-recycle-a-, mountain-of-solar-panels. PHOTOVOLTAIC ffPV1 RECYCLING, REUSING AND DECOMMISSIONING 8 CURRENT LANDSCAPE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STANDARDIZATION 5 csagroup.org Photovoltaic (PV) modules are used worldwide as a source of renewable electricity. Moskowitz March 1994 Biomedical and Environmental Assessment Group Analytical Sciences Division Department of Applied Science Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 1 1973 This research was performed under the … This study shows that effective abatement options are available to the, The cumulative global photovoltaic (PV) waste reached 250,000 metric tonnes by the end of 2016 and is expected to increase considerably in the future. Subsequently, that are condensed and precipitated afterwards [43]. The study highlights that the impacts are concentrated on the incineration of the panel׳s encapsulation layers, followed by the treatments to recover silicon metal, silver, copper, aluminium. amount of waste is expected to rise sharply. Compared with landfill, it effectively prevents toxic and hazardous substances from the PV modules such as lead (Pb) to enter the soil and groundwater [,, ], causing many negative biochemical and physiological effects on human beings and other species [ 14 ]. Other separation processes required for encapsulant, Removal of semiconductor layers without chemicals, Further chemical or mechanical treatments needed, High losses of valuables during rinsing and sieving process. An attributional LCA was undertaken to compare landfill, incineration, reuse and recycling (mechanical, thermal and chemical routes) of EoL crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules, based on a combination of real process data and assumptions. Whereas, there is no doubt, that solar energy will play an important role in the future of world’s energy sector, the issue of solar PV waste is still obscure. module recycling with organic solvent method. The company is developing a process of, from damaged solar modules. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the Euro-. The LCA software GaBi is applied to establish the LCA model and to perform the calculation, and ReCiPe method is chosen to quantify the environmental impacts. 2012; in their manufacture use and disposal. We are a community of more than 103,000 authors and editors from 3,291 institutions spanning 160 countries, including Nobel Prize winners and some of the world’s most-cited researchers. To reinforce the recycling option, currently only Europe has mandated a strong regulatory guideline, however, other nations are preparing to set up particular system for solar panel waste management. Besides, this review believes the basics of PV panel installation, management and recycling process which could recommend upcoming guidance for the public policymakers. The “Snapshot of Global Photovoltaic Markets” aims at providing preliminary information about how the PV market developed in the last year. How? The installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules are growing extremely fast. The company is developing a process of reclaiming efficient cells from damaged solar modules. Nevertheless, the need, to recycle this type of waste is imminent. This means more vehicles on city roads. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations must be properly dismantled and any waste treated and disposed at the end of project life. Solar modules recycling strategies are under developing worldwide to reclaim the valuable materials and to minimize effect of solar waste, however, only a few percentage of materials can be recovered by existing recycling systems. The mod-, ules are made to minimize the amount of moisture that can come in contact with the solar cells, and their contacts while keeping manufacturing costs down. However, these processes are complex and are currently just at laboratory scale, being studied by a few research groups [27]. In this study, we used a Monte Carlo uncertainty model to identify the potential economic benefits of closed‐loop recycling of EoL PV modules when recycled silicon is integrated into different stages of the PV supply chain. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. These are equivalent to 4% of installed PV panels in that year, with waste amounts by the 2050s Der Mensch hat sich zunächst den Lagerstätten mit den höchsten Konzentrationen zugewandt und wird nunmehr zukünftig gezwungen sein, mit immer weniger konzentrierten Vorkommen zurechtkommen zu müssen. Various crystalline-silicon PV module recycling concepts exist [15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30], including three that have achieved pilot scale or larger: the hot-knife (thermal) glass separation process offered by NPC [18, 19], a mechanical-only process run by Veolia in France [20,21,22,23], and a mechanical-chemical process designed in the Full Recovery … In 2012 the Japanese government introduced a “feed-in tariff” [14] that guaranteed the rate for electricity generated from renewable energy and exported to the grid, which supported rapid growth of solar module installation in the country. 1st, Current feasible processes. The rest of the components have a small percentages of the module weight [29, 34]. for facile perovskite solar cell recycling. These types of PV modules can be recycled based on the methods used for electronic waste such as cathode ray tubes and batteries. After that process, the glass is separated again. [Accessed: 14-02-2018]. The challenges to design the ideal PV recycling process are many. In their research, they focused on innovative process called FRELP for recycling of Si PV module. for recycling c-Si PV modules are based on mechanical, thermal and chemical processes. The cells are electrically interconnected (with tabbing), creating a string of cells in series (60 or 72 cells are standard numbers used) and assembled into modules to generate electricity (Figure 1). Based on the extended-producerresponsibility principle, the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive requires all producers supplying PV panels to the EU market (wherever they may be based) to finance the costs of collecting and recycling end-of-life PV panels put on the market in Europe. innovations in solar cells and modules technologies. The chemicals necessary for their fabrication can be released into the environment during their disposal or following damage, such as that from natural disasters. materials to pay for the associated costs of the steps of recycling processes [69]. First, two case studies from dedicated literature have been selected based on the availability of the life cycle inventory, i.e., recycling of PV modules of crystalline silicon (c-Si) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) technologies. A Review of Recycling Processes for Photovoltaic Modules @inproceedings{Lunardi2018ARO, title={A Review of Recycling Processes for Photovoltaic Modules}, author={M. Lunardi and J. P. Alvarez-Gaitan and J. Bilbao and R. Corkish}, year={2018} } Purpose The PV waste management has the potential to develop new pathways for industry development and offers employment prospects to investors, for both public and private sector [7]. For example, high temperature thermal processes and mechanical processes can create impurities. However, the concentrations of these elements in the leachate were within the toxicity characteristic (TC) limits. Login to your personal dashboard for more detailed statistics on your publications. As a result of the increase, the volume of modules that reach the end of their life will grow at the same rate in the near future. EUPVSEC 2013, Paris; 2013, process. film photovoltaic modules. PV Cycle is a not-for-profit organization which goal is to manage PV waste through their waste management programme for solar PV technologies [42]. Also, projections of PV module material streams are also highlighted. modules. 2007; tional Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Once materials can be recovered, without impurities, then they will have a, obstacles to the growth of the PV recycling industry, An overview of possible thin-film recycling processes is show in, The large-scale recycling of thin-film PV modules, cells, thin-film PV modules are currently processed and recycled using a combination of. A pilot project was funded by the Japanese Government via the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). 4 July 2012 on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Third, following an ecodesign framework, a bi-objective (Energy production versus Energy Payback time) optimization approach for the design of PVGCS encompassing the recycling stage has been developed to assess the formulated scenarios. In addition to the commercially available LCA tools, prospective suggestions based on the latest digital technologies are made. Thin-film solar modules recycling processes. This is made by setting aside funds by the company itself at the time of the module sale, which also happens with WEEE. Current recycling methods can recover just a portion of the, materials, so there is plenty of room for progress in this area. The process begins with the removal of the cables, junction box and frame from, the PV module. A brief literature review is assessed based on recently published articles and reports, which provides the readers a general overview on the solar PV waste management and regulations made by world leader countries in solar panels. It is estimated, that total additions of municipal solid waste reach the point of 300 tons each year. 2015; material in silicon PV module recycling. Once all the installed capacity starts, late 2017, the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (. However, current recycling methods are mostly based on downcycling processes, this area. Attention has been paid particularly to silver. It places the module between two rollers, which move it along, steady until it runs into a 1 meter-long steel blade (, Furthermore, some innovative treatment processes for recycling PV solar modules, Loser Chemie has some collection points from where they gather several types of, systems (c-Si, CdTe, CIGS and GaAs). Furthermore, the production processes also generates greenhouse gases emissions, during some reactor-cleaning operations. The ecodesign methodology couples the life cycle assessment method with a PVGCS design model, which is then embedded in an external optimization loop based on a multi-objective genetic algorithm, i.e., a NSGA-II variant. chemical substances contained in the product and to inform the waste disposal companies. Today, the take-back of modules is organized via a “bring-in” system [44]. Considering these findings, we have developed a rapid dismantling process allowing the recovery of all major components, saving raw materials, energy and production time in the fabrication of recycled PSCs. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology that quantifies the environmental impacts of a process or a product. The large-scale recycling of thin-film PV modules is well advanced and, as well as the Si solar cells, thin-film PV modules are currently processed and recycled using a combination of mechanical and chemical treatments to achieve meaningful outcomes. Publishing on IntechOpen allows authors to earn citations and find new collaborators, meaning more people see your work not only from your own field of study, but from other related fields too. recover the intrinsic values of the materials present in the PV modules. The motivation, legislation and current processes. If we compare the economics, and telecommunications, where the profits are generated through the recovery of precious. The installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules are growing extremely fast. Marina Monteiro Lunardi, Juan Pablo Alvarez-Gaitan, José I. Bilbao and Richard Corkish (February 15th 2018). This study identifies the importance of encapsulating PSCs and the welding materials on the rear side of c-Si solar cells to minimize the release of toxic substances into the environment. In USA, some states go beyond the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act which regulates, hazardous and non-hazardous waste management [13]. Open Access is an initiative that aims to make scientific research freely available to all. Various indicators/impact categories that are generally considered in LCA are also discussed. Because of that, recycling solar modules is a relatively complex task, since these materials need to be separated. CdTe is the most widely used thin-film technology, significant amounts of cadmium (Cd), an element, environmental problem that has been studied worldwide [37, 38]. duction. The study focuses on pollution causing process like production of crystalline silicon and solar cell processing. Considering a polysilicon current prices at USD 20/kg and a recovery rate from commercial recycling processes of 70% this is equivalent to USD 380 million [7]. recycling, life-cycle, photovoltaic, waste, end-of-life, 30 years [18] and so there has been limited, ). Energy & Environmental Science. The separation of the. opportunities to create value and pursue new economic avenues. The motivation, legislation and current processes were discussed and possible issues were addressed. The problems with this process are that the value of the material recovered is low (as it is a downcycling process) and that the maximum amount of recovered materials is about 80%, which is not sufficient for future requirements, and the value of recovered materials is smaller than the original [25]. Total collection rate for WEEE in 2014 as a percentage of the average weight of EEE put on the market in the three preceding years (2011–2013) [8]. LCA of production process reveals that Polysilicon production, Cell processing and Modules assembling have relatively higher environmental impact than processes of Industrial silicon smelting and Ingot casting and Wafer slicing. By making research easy to access, and puts the academic needs of the researchers before the business interests of publishers. lead, cadmium, and selenium), recover rare materials (e.g. As PhD students, we found it difficult to access the research we needed, so we decided to create a new Open Access publisher that levels the playing field for scientists across the world. The separation of the materials allows them to be sent to specific recycling processes associated with each material. mechanical and chemical treatments to achieve meaningful outcomes. Among the recycling technologies used to treat a PV module, flat glass recycling is particularly common. Nevertheless, the need to recycle this type of waste is imminent. Hence, the landfill option cerates additional costs and it does not recover the intrinsic values of the materials present in the PV modules. First Solar, Pilkington, Sharp Solar, and Siemens Solar) are investing in the research on solar modules at EoL [29]. Total collection rate for WEEE in 2014 as a percentage of the average weight of EEE put on the market in the. Additionally, before the recycled silicon from solar cells can be used again, further chemical treatment is necessary, as well as for silver and aluminum. The research on solar photovoltaic panels' management at the end of life is just beginning in many countries, and there is a need for further improvement and expansion of producer responsibility. development of the existing processes. The remaining glass is exposed to a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide aiming, to reach an optimal solid–liquid ratio. The EU, however, has pioneered PV electronic waste (e-waste) regulations, which cover PV-specific collection, recovery and recycling targets. are expected to account for the largest shares of global PV waste in the future, as outlined by case studies in this report. Even up to 90% recovery of materials is not sufficient when compared to production costs [26]. However, there are some exceptions. The falling cost of solar has made renewable energy accessible to more people than ever before and has resulted in an exponential increase in solar adoption. investigates and compares two scenarios for global PV panel waste volumes until 2050. The economic viability should be achieved as well. The absence of valuable materials plays a key role, and process costs are the main critical variables. Actually, it has been shown that, for the current recycling technologies, silicon-based modules do not have enough valuable materials to be recovered and the cost of the recycling process is always higher than the landfill option (not considering the externalities), making recycling an economically unfavorable option [23]. Apart from this, the major leaching tests carried out for waste classification and PV waste recycling in different countries are also discussed. The focus should be on the avoidance of damage to the PV cells and module materials, economic feasibility, and high recovery rate of materials that have some monetary value or are scare or are hazardous, that can be reused in the supply chain. The new technology, appeared to solve a clear problem, the firm attachment of the glass and the cells to the EV, and the consequent difficulty to separate them simply by smashing them to pieces and sorting, NPC incorporated is one of the companies that make solar, about 40 seconds. These high levels may be attributed to the welding materials used on the rear side of crystalline-Si (c-Si) solar cells. PV Cycle was the first to establish a PV recycling process and PV waste logistics throughout the EU. people during their lives produce many waste, as the consumption is an integral part of any person. a good business) can be created, then it will happen regardless of regulations. It’s based on principles of collaboration, unobstructed discovery, and, most importantly, scientific progression. When comparing c-Si recycling and landfill EoL scenarios it was found that the environmental impacts from the recycling process are lower than for landfill, assuming that the recycled resources go back to the PV cells and modules manufacturing. The summary of this process is shown in, A pilot project was funded by the Japanese Government via the New Energy, Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applica-. The aim of this paper is investigating the financial feasibility of crystalline silicon (Si) PV module-recycling processes. in time to meet the expected surge in panel waste. cadmium, aluminum and silicon can be recovered and reused in new products. Technological solutions are already available in the market and environmental benefits are highlighted by the literature, while economic advantages are not well defined. Different EoL management strategies are being explored in the industrial and academic fields, such as recycling, remanufacturing and reusing. In addition, the recycling of solar PV modules can ensure the sustainability of the long-term supply chain [24], thereby increasing the recovery of energy and embedded materials and, also, reducing CO2 emissions and energy payback time (EPBT) related to this industry. The results showed that broken PSCs released Si, Pb, Al, As, and Ni under TCLP conditions; lead, a major component of PSCs, was released at around 1.0 mg/L at a pH of 4.93, from both broken and unbroken PSCs. A Review of Recycling Processes for Photovoltaic Modules Marina Monteiro Lunardi, Juan Pablo Alvarez-Gaitan, José I. Bilbao and Richard Corkish Additional information is available at the end of the chapter ... 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