Parts of Solar Panel
The individual layers of a solar panel consist of the following:1
Frontal glass or film and in many cases backside glass
2
Film – mostly EVA
3
Solar cell
4
Film – mostly EVA
5
Back sheet or film
*Glass and aluminum are relatively easy to recycle once the module is disassembled.
We separate aluminum and glass parts, which are recycled and reused for new parts.
Other elements, which are encapsulated using plastic films, are technically complex
to separate. Convalt Energy is working on new technologies to recycle the silicon and
silver buried in old PV modules once the encapsulated films are removed. Then we
can recycle the solar cells and metals including silver and copper.
