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http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2021.30.2.39

Recovery of Silver from Nitrate Leaching Solution of Silicon Solar Cells  

Cho, Sung-Yong (Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Tae-Young (Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Sun, Pan-Pan (Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Chonnam National University)
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Resources Recycling / v.30, no.2, 2021 , pp. 39-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Spent photovoltaic module is one of the important resource of silver, while related research concerning silver recovery remains limited. In our previous research, HNO3 was utilized to dissolve Ag(I) and Al(III) from the spent silicon solar cells. In order to recover Ag(I) from the leachate of a silicon solar cell, the present study made use of a nitrate solution containing Ag(I) and Al(III), which was subjected to a solvent extraction process with 5,8-diethyl-7-hydroxydodecan-6-oxime (LIX63). Ag(I) was selectively extracted with LIX63 over Al(III) from the nitrate leach solution. Subsequently, quantitative stripping of Ag(I) from the loaded LIX63 was performed by using 20% ammonia water. The McCabe-Thiele plots for the extraction and stripping isotherms of Ag(I) were also constructed. Extraction and stripping simulation tests confirmed an Ag(I) extraction and stripping efficiency of >99.99% and 98.9%, respectively with high purity Ag (99.998%) and Al (99.99%) solution. A process flow sheet for Ag(I) recovery from the nitrate leach solution was proposed.
Keywords
silver; aluminum; stripping; ammonia water; silicon solar cell;
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