copper indium recycling
High-yield recycling and recovery of copper, indium, and …
Under the optimal conditions, a recovery rate of >90% could be achieved for In, Ga, and Cu. Furthermore, all as-formed hydroxides were recycled and converted into …
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Recycling of indium from waste LCD: A promising non-crushing …
The recycling of secondary resources of indium would be an effective approach to mitigate the exhaustion of the primary minerals of indium. Furthermore, the low grade (featuring indium content as low as 0.002%) of raw ores that are considered to be worthy of smelting ( Kumar et al., 2013 ) also makes them less satisfactory resources …
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Recycling of high purity selenium from CIGS solar cell waste
Copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) is a promising material in thin film solar cell production. To make CIGS solar cells more competitive, both economically and environmentally, in comparison to other energy sources, methods for recycling are needed. In addition to the generally high price of th …
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Indium Recycling from Waste Liquid Crystal Displays: …
As a result, recycling indium from WEEE is a major source of indium production, but recycling costs limit industrial application . In 2021, a total of 920 tons of indium was produced, and the largest …
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High-yield recycling and recovery of copper, indium, and gallium …
The increase in the manufacturing of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin film photovoltaics is accompanied by a growing amount of production waste, which contains a mixture of valuable, critical and hazardous elements. However, industrial recovery and reuse processes of these elements for production of new photovoltaics are …
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Copper and critical metals production from porphyry
Copper and critical metals production from porphyry ores and E-wastes: A review of resource availability, processing/recycling challenges, socio-environmental aspects, and sustainability issues ... and lithium (CDA, 2017). Because of this, stable supplies of 17 metals/materials—aluminum, chromium, cobalt, copper, graphite, indium, …
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Pre-concentration and recovery of silver and indium from …
Among the recycling techniques, the separation and liberation of metals from non-metals are crucial. This study investigate a methodology to liberate thin film materials from copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar panel to recycle photovoltaic material including indium and gallium via a mechanical process.
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Ueberschaar et al. [132] identified only one industrial process for Ga recycling from waste, not LEDs, but solar modules that contain copper and indium. Other relevant considerations made by the authors were the barriers to LED recycling, such as the complex process automation and the conflict with gold and copper recycling (Ga is …
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Solder Dross Recycle | Indium Corporation® Reclaim and Recycle …
Assured Recycling. Indium Corporation's solder reclaim program uses state-of-the-art electrolytic recycle processes that removes both organic and metallic impurities from contaminated tin-lead and lead-free solder and solder dross. If you are a solder user with less regular dross generation, you can still take advantage of Indium Corporation's ...
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Recycling of photovoltaic modules for recovery and repurposing of
Parameters of operation and fluidization can optimize the silver (Ag) recovery process. Nearly 75–80% consumption of total refined copper(Cu) is in the electrical application. An increase in the copper's demand is expected in electronics, therefore recycling of copper(Cu) is crucial [85]. Indium (In) with 820 MT global productions till …
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Indium
Today around 480 tonnes are produced annually from mining and a further 650 tonnes annually from recycling. So why all the need for indium and what are the unique properties of it that makes it a much sought after element? ... Other compounds of indium used in solar cells include indium gallium arsenide and copper indium gallium selenide. Many ...
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CN103184338A
The invention provides a recovery method of a copper indium gallium selenide thin-film solar panel. The method comprises the steps that: the copper indium gallium selenide thin-film solar panel is crushed into pieces; the pieces are soaked by using a H2SO4+H2O2 system, such that a soaking liquid is obtained; the soaking liquid is filtered, such that a …
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Selenium
photovoltaic copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) solar cells. Selenium is an essential micronutrient and is used as a human dietary supplement, a dietary supplement for livestock, and as a fertilizer additive to enrich selenium-poor soils. Selenium is also used as an active ingredient in antidandruff shampoos. Salient Statistics —
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Looking Down Under for a Circular Economy of Indium
Indium is a specialty metal crucial for modern technology, yet it is potentially critical due to its byproduct status in mining. Measures to …
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Innovative and sustainable separation and recovery of
In recent years, the rapid development of copper indium gallium selenide (GIGS) solar cells makes it necessary to recycle spent CIGS in order to realize circular economy.In this work, a novel and efficient method for comprehensive recovery valuable metals in spent CIGS materials was investigated, mainly including three steps: (1) …
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Recycling and recovery of spent …
Abstract. Copper—indium—gallium—diselenide (CIGS) is a fast-evolving commercial solar cell. The firm demand for global carbon reduction and the rise of potential environmental threats necessitate spent CIGS solar cell recycling. In this paper, the …
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Recycling of CIGS Solar Cell Waste Materials: …
Recycling of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cell materials is important to ensure future supply of indium and gallium. Our previous work includes recycling of …
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Recycling and recovery of spent copper–indium–gallium …
Copper–indium–gallium–diselenide (CIGS) is a fast-evolving commercial solar cell. The firm demand for global carbon reduction and the rise of potential environmental threats necessitate...
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Investigation of an Electrochemical Method for Separation of Copper
1. Introduction. The semiconductive material copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) is used in high efficiency thin film solar cells. To ensure a future supply of the rare and valuable metals indium and gallium the material needs to be recycled [1, 2].Recycling of CIGS waste materials often involves hydrometallurgical treatment that …
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Sustainability | Free Full-Text | How Can China's …
Global competition and storage for indium resources are increasing. This paper uses substance flow analysis to quantify the flow of indium in China from 2000 to 2019 and discusses the problems facing …
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Recycling: The Case of Indium
Recycling: The Case of Indium Jenni Ylä-Mella * and Eva Pongrácz Energy and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland; ... copper, and iron ores. Concentrations of this kind of "companion metals" are typically so low in ores that their value are negligible or very small compared to main ...
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Efficient separation and purification of indium and gallium in spent
Copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), is a promising commercial thin-film solar cell, and its disposal after scrapping and recycling critical metals has attracted tremendous attention since CIGS can be considered an important type of urban mining. The main phase of spent CIGS is selenide, which is a hazardous contaminant that may have …
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Global status of recycling waste solar panels: A review
Recycling of indium and gallium: High price of chemicals: Guangdong Xiandao Rare Material Co., Ltd, (2011) Physical and chemical methods: blasting, mechanical processing and dissolution of the semiconductor, and precipitation, plating and ion exchange: Recycling of cadmium telluride; net cost estimated at $0.04–$0.06/W: High …
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Recycling of CIGS Solar Cell Waste Materials: Separation of Copper
Copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), is a promising commercial thin-film solar cell, and its disposal after scrapping and recycling critical metals has attracted tremendous attention since ...
ادامه مطلبHigh-yield recycling and recovery of copper, indium, and gallium …
The waste management and recycling of CIGS solar panels are indispensable because CIGS is a hazardous and toxic material, ... In, and Ga, respectively, in copper indium gallium sulfur selenide, which is a common compound used in CIGS-based commercial solar cell products [[42], [43], [44], [45]].
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Agent-Based Modeling for By-Product Metal Supply—A Case Study on Indium
Another possible source of indium supply is the recycling of end-of-life indium products. Currently, recycling mainly happens within the ITO production cycle. For end-of-life recycling, flat panel display is projected to be the largest source, for which cost-effective recycling methods are currently being developed [ 61 ].
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(PDF) Recycling and recovery of spent copper—indium
Abstract and Figures. Copper—indium—gallium—diselenide (CIGS) is a fast-evolving commercial solar cell. The firm demand for global carbon reduction and the rise of potential environmental ...
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Efficient separation and recovery of valuable gallium and indium …
However, there has been little application of this method to recycle Gallium and Indium in G-LM waste. In this study, the acid-leaching resin method was proposed to treat G-LM waste. ... High-yield recycling and recovery of copper, indium, and gallium from waste copper indium gallium selenide thin-film solar panels. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cell ...
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Scarce mineral resources: Extraction, consumption and limits of
Only three of the thirteen scarce mineral resources currently have an end-of-life recycling rate of 50% or more: gold, silver, and nickel. For three others (bismuth, boron, indium), nothing is recycled from end-of-life products. The end-of-life recycling rate of all thirteen resources can be substantially increased.
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Indium: key issues in assessing mineral resources and
1 Global indium production, 1972–2014 (a, USGS Var.); indium end-use statistics in the United States, 1975–2003 (b, USGS, 2005) Werner et al. Indium: Resources, recycling and supply outlook
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