Recovery of copper, zinc and lead from photovoltaic panel residue
Panagiotis Xanthopoulos, Srećko Bevandić, Jeroen Spooren, Koen Binnemans, František Kukurugya
Abstract
. The zinc that remained in the solution after the ion flotation step was recovered by precipitation and by adding sodium sulfide at 110% of the stoichiometric amount after removing iron as ferric hydroxide by slowly raising the pH to 3.7.
Topics & Concepts
Photovoltaic systemZincCopperLead (geology)Environmental scienceWaste managementResource recoveryMaterials scienceEngineeringMetallurgyElectrical engineeringWastewaterGeologyGeomorphologyRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesExtraction and Separation ProcessesPhotovoltaic Systems and Sustainability