During my PhD, I developed a laser-based technology for debonding structural adhesives and polymers. The key idea is to convert high-intensity photon energy into thermal energy, which breaks the...
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PVDEBOND aims to incorporate debonding-on-demand additives to existing PV encapsulant foils to enable fast, clean, and precise separation and recycling of materials.
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Herein, a scalable and low energy process is developed to recover pristine silicon from EoL solar panel through a method which avoids energy‐intensive high temperature processes.
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What causes solar panel degradation? Solar panel degradation is not caused by a single isolated phenomenon, but by several degradation mechanisms that affect PV modules, but the main cause is
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How to debond or remove EVA is the most important step for the recycling. Several approaches have been proposed, such as mechanical crushing treatment, chemical soaking with
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The detachment of this glass-EVA layer from the silicon (Si) is a significant challenge in recycling end-of-life PV panels. To tackle this issue, a novel impulsive light-debonding technique was devised and
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In this paper, a new method using nanosecond laser pulses is demonstrated to induce transient melting selectively at the EVA-Si interface. This impulsive heating method can cleanly
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At certain concentrations and temperatures, limonene can induce appropriate expansion of EVA, efficiently breaking the interface bonds without causing excessive expansion and damaging the
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This manual will aid in developing a basic quality assurance program around the use of sealants in solar PV applications that require durability and reliability. Since PV frames and modules vary in design
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To demonstrate laser-based debonding on a commercially available end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) solar panel, a full-sized (1.7 x 1 m 2) module (Poly-Si, 260 W, WSP-260P6,
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