Index Terms—Circular economy, end-of-life PV panels, extended producer responsibility (EPR), photovoltaic recycling, renewable energy waste management, silicon recovery, sustainable
Solar panel recycling is a multi-step industrial process that separates glass, aluminum, silicon, copper, silver, and polymers from end-of-life photovoltaic modules using mechanical, thermal,
This Review provides a critical assessment of the existing photovoltaic recycling technologies, discusses open challenges and makes key recommendations, such as
With the aim of realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement, annual solar power generation on a global scale using silicon PV panels had exceeded 1000 TWh by the end of 2021. Mass
Advanced PV recycling techniques represent a significant evolution from traditional methods, incorporating a combination of physical, thermal, and chemical processes to improve the
Thirdly, it describes the different steps performed at each process of the recycling chain, and lastly, discusses the economic and environmental analysis of the recycled elements, and
This research article investigates the recycling of end-of-life solar photovoltaic (PV) panels by analyzing various mechanical methods, including Crushing, High Voltage Pulse Crushing,
The PHOTORAMA project (PHOtovoltaic waste management—advanced Technologies of recOvery and recycling of secondary RAw MAterials from end-of-life modules, 2021–2025) has
In this research, we present a multiobjective optimization framework for EoL management of photovoltaic panels, combining cost and life-cycle assessment (LCA) driven CO 2 equivalent
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