Recycling of high purity selenium from CIGS solar cell waste materials

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1775-1782

  Gustafsson, Anna M K ^a   Foreman, Mark R St J ^a   Ekberg, Christian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CIGS; Pyrometallurgy; Recycling; Selenium; Solar cells; Waste

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PYROMETALLURGY; RECYCLING; SELENIUM; SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; WASTES;

CIGS; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH-PURITY ELEMENTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; RECYCLING PROCESS; SEPARATION METHODS;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; SELENIDE; SELENIUM; SELENIUM OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COPPER; COPPER GALLIUM DISELENIDE; COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

COPPER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDIUM; METALLURGY; OXIDATION; RECYCLING; SELENIUM; SEPARATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; OXIDATION; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLAR CELL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOLAR ENERGY;

COPPER; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RECYCLING; SELENIUM; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84912529932     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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