An investigation on solar drying: A review with economic and
The rest of this paper is organized as follows: section 2 Principle of solar dryers, 3 Components of solar dryers respectively present the principle and components of solar dryer, section 4 is devoted to review the different classifications of solar dryers and section 5 delineates the effective parameters on drying rate of solar dryers, section 6 elucidates the benefits and
Environmentally Benign Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing
INDUSTRY INITIATIVES AND RESOURCES solar-grade polysilicon, according Silicon Stakeholders Group, are Three recent initiatives that by the polysilicon semiconductor have
Environmental impact assessment of monocrystalline silicon solar
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is one of the fastest growing renewable energy technology worldwide because of the rapid depletion and adverse environmental impact of fossil fuels (Leung and Yang, 2012).The global output of the PV component has dramatically increased from 0.26 GW in 2000 (Branker et al., 2011) to 41.7 GW (IEA, 2014) in 2013, with an annual
Environmental effects of China''s solar photovoltaic industry
Wafer slicing: 0.0101: 0.4659: Cell processing: 0.1409: 0.6069: Modules assembly: 0.2204: 0.8273: Transportation: 0.0301: The environmental costs of solar PV vary across provinces, so it is rational to take the environmental costs in different provinces into account. Environmental impact assessment of monocrystalline silicon solar
A review of life cycle assessment and sustainability
Perovskite/silicon (Si) tandem solar cells (TSCs) have emerged as a promising candidate among PV technologies due to their capability to greatly increase power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeding the
A prospective ecological risk assessment of high
III–V/Silicon tandem solar cells offer one of the most promising avenues for high-efficiency, high-stability photovoltaics. However, a key concern is the potential environmental release of group III–V elements, especially
Life Cycle Assessment in Renewable Energy: Solar and
The growing urgency for sustainable energy solutions necessitates a deeper understanding of the environmental impacts of renewable technologies. This article aims to synthesize and analyze Life Cycle
Environmental impacts of solar grade polysilicon based on life
Most previous studies have only discussed the environmental impacts of Multi-Si PV modules. In the perspective of life cycle stages, most life cycle assessments (LCAs) have focused on the
Open Access proceedings Journal of Physics: Conference series
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the compilation and evaluation of inputs, outputs and their potential environmental impacts in the life cycle of a product (or service) system. As an environmental management tool, it can more intuitively evaluate the environmental impact of the critical phase of the photovoltaic module life cycle [9, 10].
Environmental assessment of silicon kerf recycling and its
The amount of polysilicon (Solar-Grade silicon, SoG-Si) refined from MG-Si for solar cells therefore increased from 497,300 tons in 2020 to approximately 604,800 30th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering Environmental assessment of silicon kerf recycling and its benefits for applications in solar cells and Li-ion batteries Steffen Blömekea*, Robar Arafata,
Environmental Assessment of Solar Cell Materials
Environmental assessment of solar cell materials. 35 [13] Yamaguchi M. High-Efficiency GaAs-Based Solar Cells, Post-Transition Metals. IntechOpen; 2021. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.94365.
Multicrystalline silicon for solar cells
More than 80% of the current solar cell production requires the cutting of large silicon crystals. While in the last years the cost of solar cell processing and module fabrication could be reduced considerably, the sawing costs remain high, about 30% of the wafer production [7].The incentive to optimize the sawing technique for further cost reduction in mass
Environmental life cycle assessment of Advanced silicon solar cell
An environmental Life Cycle Assessment has been conducted for standard and advanced produc- tion technologies for multicrystalline silicon module production and new BOS concepts.
Environmental life cycle asessment of
In this report the environmental aspects of solar cell modules based on multicrystalline silicon are investigated by means of the Environmental Life Cycle Assessment method.
Analogical environmental cost assessment of silicon flows used in solar
slicing, PV cells are encapsulated between glass panes and assembled into a frame. ˜e stock of silicon ore ( O(t)) (endogenous variable) in China and the US is shown in Eq. 1 over the period
Environmental Impacts of Grid-Scale Solar
In 2016–17, a North Carolina assessment found the salvage value of solar array equipment to be greater than estimates of the cost to remove the entire system. Because solar arrays can replace fossil-fuel-burning
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis and
The solar cell is the essential element of a PV power plant, as it harnesses luminous energy and converts it into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect. The inputs
Analogical environmental cost assessment of silicon flows used in solar
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are a vital component of the global transition towards renewable energy sources and the development of PV technologies such as monocrystalline and polycrystalline
Environmental impact assessment of monocrystalline silicon solar
This study aims to introduce an inventory database on mono-Si solar PV cell production, scientifically evaluate the environmental impact of mono-Si solar PV cell
Review on Life Cycle Assessment of Solar
The photovoltaic (PV) sector has undergone both major expansion and evolution over the last decades, and currently, the technologies already marketed or still in the
Life Cycle Assessment of Crystalline Silicon Wafers for Photovoltaic
A life cycle assessment(LCA) was conducted over the modified Siemens method polycrystalline silicon(S-P-Si) wafer, the modified Siemens method single crystal silicon(S-S-Si) wafer, the metallurgical route polycrystalline silicon(M-P-Si) wafer and the metallurgical route single crystal silicon(M-S-Si) wafer from quartzite mining to wafer slicing in
Does recycling solar panels make this renewable resource
Results of environmental impact assessment of solar panel without considering any recycling technique. Impact category Unit Total Metallurgical silicon smelting Wafer slicing multi-Si wafer: Cell processing multi/Si solar cell: Modules assembly solar panels: Panel installation: End of life: Climate change: kg CO 2 eq: 928.8957724: 0: 676.6025:
Environmental influence assessment of China''s multi-crystalline
This study quantitatively assesses the life-cycle environmental impacts of Chinese Multi-crystalline Photovoltaic Systems involving the recycling process. The LCA
Life cycle assessment of silicon wafer processing for
Purpose The life cycle assessment of silicon wafer processing for microelectronic chips and solar cells aims to provide current and comprehensive data. In view of the very fast market developments, for solar
The research progress on recycling and resource utilization of
A 1 M NaOH solution removed the aluminum layer from the back of the solar cell after a 30-min etching process at 50 °C. Yousef et al. [72] used dimethyl sulfoxide solvent with ultrasound assistance to decompose the aluminum layer on waste solar cell wafers, achieving an aluminum recovery rate of >98%. Subsequently, nitric acid and other
Using Life Cycle Assessment to Determine the Environmental
The paper presents research that investigated the Life Cycle Assessment of multi-crystalline photovoltaic (PV) panels, by considering environmental impacts of the entire life cycle for any
Life-cycle assessment of multi-crystalline photovoltaic (PV)
The sensitivity analysis was conducted to find out the effect of the following factors on the energy demand and environmental impacts: electricity and steam consumption during production of solar grade poly-Si, glass consumption and disposal during process of wafer slicing, electricity consumption during process of cells, aluminum and glass consumption
Environmental impacts of III-V/silicon photovoltaics:
We investigate this for two state-of-the-art III–V/Si cell design concepts using life cycle assessment. Considering that the proposed III–V/Si technologies are still at an early research and
Environmental life-cycle assessment of multicrystalline silicon solar
In this report the environmental aspects of solar cell modules based on multicrystalline silicon are investigated by means of the Environmental Life Cycle Assessment method. Three technology cases are distinguished, namely present-day module production technology, future probable technology and future optimistic technology. For these three cases the production technology
A review on life cycle environmental impacts of emerging solar cells
Solar technologies have a long history, with the first solar cooker being invented in the 17th century, the first solar collector being invented at the beginning of the 18th century, and the first solar cells being invented the end of the same century (DOE, n.d.).Similarly, the life cycle thinking perspective, and one of its relevant method - life cycle assessment (LCA) is well
Life cycle assessment of organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells
This work investigates the environmental performance of flexible organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells with GTEs by life cycle assessment. The manufacturing process of solar cells is developed including detailed production procedures of GTEs. The comprehensive life cycle inventories (LCIs) are provided for two kinds of solar cells.
Environmentally Benign Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing
solar-cell manufacturing. Keywords: c-Si - 1: Manufacturing and Processing - 2: Environmental Effect - 3 1. INTRODUCTION With the worldwide photovoltaic (PV) solar energy market expanding rapidly and the demand outpacing supply, the crystalline-silicon solar PV module is finally becoming a commercially viable product. Most of the newcomers and
Experimental performance analysis of the concentrated crystalline
The power of 1/2 and 1/4 slicing are close. The normal solar cell''s power is much lower than others (maximum reaches 40 W). This phenomenon proves the correctness of the ideas before in this section. For 1/2 and 1/4 slicing solar cell, due to the lower current, the upper limit of current can be carried for grid line has not been reached.
Recent encounters with atom-thin salami slicing
"Salami slicing" is the practice of taking a set of research findings and splitting them up into as many publishable papers as possible. It is typically regarded as a tactic to inflate the authors'' CVs. As far as I can tell, the first reference to salami to describe this practice came in 1982 in an editorial in Geoscience Canada, following on a 1981 editorial in Science that