Chinese PV manufacturer Trina Solar has unveiled what it claims is “the world’s first fully recycled” crystalline silicon module. The panel has an efficiency of 20.7% and a power output exceeding 645 W.
“The recycled PV module uses n-type TOPCon technology and has a golden-size design,” the company said in a statement. “[We] made the breakthrough with its innovative self-developed recycling technology, using materials including silicon, sliver, aluminum frames, and glass recovered from waste modules.”
The company said its innovative techniques include interlayer separation reagents, chemical etching technology, and wet chemical silver extraction technology, but it did not provide additional technical details.
Trina Solar has applied for 37 patents in the field of PV module recycling.
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Not sure which is correct: Notice the headline says the new Trina panel is “fully recyclable” but the story itself says it is “recycled.” Maybe it’s both, but it’s really just unclear and have to guess that one is wrong.
They might tell more about technical methods and how it is full recyclable. Did they apply mix of methods or just etching.