Experimental validation of crystalline silicon solar cells recycling by thermal and chemical methods

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2275-2282

  Klugmann Radziemska, Ewa ^a   Ostrowski, Piotr ^a   Drabczyk, Kazimierz ^b   Panek, Piotr ^b   Szkodo, Marek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical treatment; Photovoltaic solar cells; Recycling; Renewable energy; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ANTI-REFLECTION; CHEMICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY PROBLEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PURE SILICON; REFINEMENT STEP; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPENT CELLS;

CYTOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 77957661298     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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