Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction

A recycling process consisting of HCl leaching with Sn4 + followed by solvent extraction is proposed to recover Cu, Sn and Pb from photovoltaic (PV) ribbon. During HCl leaching with Sn4 +, Sn and Pb were removed from PV ribbon whereas Cu remained as plate. The leaching efficiency of Sn increased wit...

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Main Authors: Moon, G., Yoo, Kyoungkeun
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53213
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Yoo, Kyoungkeun
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Yoo, Kyoungkeun
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description A recycling process consisting of HCl leaching with Sn4 + followed by solvent extraction is proposed to recover Cu, Sn and Pb from photovoltaic (PV) ribbon. During HCl leaching with Sn4 +, Sn and Pb were removed from PV ribbon whereas Cu remained as plate. The leaching efficiency of Sn increased with increasing temperature, initial Sn4 + concentration or decreasing pulp density. In the case of leaching test performed in the 1 M HCl solution at 400 rpm and 70 °C with 5% pulp density and 5000 mg/L Sn4 +, the leaching efficiency of Sn increased to > 99% within 60 min, whereas 71.9% of Pb was recovered as PbCl2 powder after settling the leach solution for 24 h at room temperature. A solvent extraction with tri-butyl phosphate (TBP) was performed to extract selectively Sn from leach solution. The extraction efficiency of Sn increased with increasing the contents of TBP in kerosene, and < 1% of Pb was extracted. Therefore, the separation of Sn, Cu, Pb was achieved successfully by the recycling process.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-532132017-10-09T06:22:01Z Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction Moon, G. Yoo, Kyoungkeun A recycling process consisting of HCl leaching with Sn4 + followed by solvent extraction is proposed to recover Cu, Sn and Pb from photovoltaic (PV) ribbon. During HCl leaching with Sn4 +, Sn and Pb were removed from PV ribbon whereas Cu remained as plate. The leaching efficiency of Sn increased with increasing temperature, initial Sn4 + concentration or decreasing pulp density. In the case of leaching test performed in the 1 M HCl solution at 400 rpm and 70 °C with 5% pulp density and 5000 mg/L Sn4 +, the leaching efficiency of Sn increased to > 99% within 60 min, whereas 71.9% of Pb was recovered as PbCl2 powder after settling the leach solution for 24 h at room temperature. A solvent extraction with tri-butyl phosphate (TBP) was performed to extract selectively Sn from leach solution. The extraction efficiency of Sn increased with increasing the contents of TBP in kerosene, and < 1% of Pb was extracted. Therefore, the separation of Sn, Cu, Pb was achieved successfully by the recycling process. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53213 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.05.003 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Moon, G.
Yoo, Kyoungkeun
Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
title Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
title_full Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
title_fullStr Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
title_full_unstemmed Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
title_short Separation of Cu, Sn, Pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
title_sort separation of cu, sn, pb from photovoltaic ribbon by hydrochloric acid leaching with stannic ion followed by solvent extraction
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53213