Circular recycling concept for silver recovery from photovoltaic cells in Ethaline deep eutectic solvent.

ABSTRACT: Reducing the number of stages, energy costs and carbon footprint of recycling processes is essential to overcome environmental challenges. The interest in replacing the acids used in traditional hydrometallurgical methods with deep eutectic solvents (DES), which are less toxic and more environmentally friendly, has been growing. The aim of this study is to estimate the potential use of this class of solvents in an ionometallurgical process of leaching and electrodeposition to recover silver as part of the recycling of solar panels, a major challenge of the years to come. In the present work, a circular recycling concept based on an iron redox shuttle was studied to leach and recover silver via electrodeposition. Different DESs were evaluated in combination with a hexahydrated iron(i

SUBMITTER: Lemoine C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411502 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature