Recycling of solar cells recovered from waste panels into efficient silicon-based composite electrodes for energy storage applications

Key Points

• This research aims to evaluate the efficiency of silicon-based composite electrodes created from recycled solar cells for energy storage applications.
• Recycled solar cells sourced from end-of-life panels were processed to create composite electrodes.
• The performance of these electrodes was tested in energy storage systems.
• Various efficiency metrics were measured and compared.
• The silicon-based composite electrodes demonstrated a significant increase in energy storage capacity, with an efficiency rate of 85% across tested samples.
• Electrodes produced from recycled materials performed comparably to new silicon electrodes, with a slight margin favoring recyclables.
• Environmental assessment showed a reduced carbon footprint by 30% when using recycled materials for electrode production.