Study on Recovery of Molybdenum from Waste CIGS Solar Cells with Stainless Steel Substrate
Received:August 05, 2021   Revised:August 09, 2021   Accepted:August 11, 2021      Published Online:November 19, 2021
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2021.12.014
KeyWord:CIGS waste chips; oxidation leaching scrap; molybdenum extraction
                    
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LI Tuo-fu 矿冶科技集团有限公司
JIN Ran-gong 矿冶科技集团有限公司
HUANG Hai-hui 矿冶科技集团有限公司
CHANG Yao-chao 矿冶科技集团有限公司
WANG Wei-zhen 矿冶科技集团有限公司
GAO Chong 矿冶科技集团有限公司
XU Xiao-hui 矿冶科技集团有限公司
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Abstract:
      Molybdenum in waste copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cell chips has high recovery value. A process of "oxidizing acid leaching - removal of selenium with sodium sulfite - extraction" was proposed to recover molybdenum in stainless-steel substrate CIGS solar cell chip. The results show that "hydrogen peroxide + sulfuric acid" can leach metal elements in coating without harming the stainless-steel substrate. Influence of solid-to-liquid ratio and amount of sulfuric acid on leaching was investigated. Under the optimal process conditions, leaching rate of majority metal elements in waste chips is more than 95%. "N235+isooctanol+kerosene" can extract molybdenum efficiently in acid leaching solution, but selenium will be co-extracted with molybdenum. After selenium precipitation using "sodium sulfite + hydrogen peroxide", molybdenum extraction rate can reach 98% above, while other metals are hardly extracted. This study provides an effective method for treatment of waste chips of copper indium gallium selenium thin-film solar cells on stainless steel substrates.
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