Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference (MATSUSSpring25)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.363
Publication date: 16th December 2024
The global increase in solar panel production has outpaced the development of effective recycling processes for end-of-life (EoL) panels. With only a 25-30-year life span, Australia alone will generate around 1500 kilotonnes of solar panel waste by 2050. The substantial quantity of waste generated diminishes the environmental benefits. To tackle this issue, product stewardship schemes have been implemented in Australia, the EU and several states of the USA, establishing an economic imperative to ensure, at minimum the sustainable disposal of the waste.
Silicon solar modules are composed of glass aluminium polymers and metals/semiconductors (including relatively valuable Cu and Silver), as well as hazardous materials such as lead, tin, copper and arsenic.
This seminar will present the recent status of recycling procedures for solare cells, and details of our international collaborations on the identification of strategies to recycle solar cell components into useful end use products, as well as recovery of valuable components.
The Integrating End of Life Solar Panel Waste in Circular Economy project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the International Clean Innovation Researcher Networks grant (ICIRN000011).
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