Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells

Cost effectiveness; Glass; Molecular biology; Nanocomposites; Perovskite; Physicochemical properties; Recycling; Solar power plants; Substrates; Tin oxides; Toxic materials; Coated glass substrates; Conductive glass; Device architectures; Environment friendly; Fluorine doped tin oxide; Individual co...

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Main Authors: Chowdhury M.S., Rahman K.S., Selvanathan V., Hasan A.K.M., Jamal M.S., Samsudin N.A., Akhtaruzzaman M., Amin N., Techato K.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-262552023-05-29T17:08:19Z Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells Chowdhury M.S. Rahman K.S. Selvanathan V. Hasan A.K.M. Jamal M.S. Samsudin N.A. Akhtaruzzaman M. Amin N. Techato K. 57224213317 56348138800 57160057200 57200133780 55887499100 57190525429 57195441001 7102424614 25321184300 Cost effectiveness; Glass; Molecular biology; Nanocomposites; Perovskite; Physicochemical properties; Recycling; Solar power plants; Substrates; Tin oxides; Toxic materials; Coated glass substrates; Conductive glass; Device architectures; Environment friendly; Fluorine doped tin oxide; Individual components; Organic-inorganic; Photovoltaic devices; Perovskite solar cells Organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have recently emerged as a potential candidate for large-scale and low-cost photovoltaic devices. However, the technology is still susceptible to degradation issues and toxicity concerns due to the presence of lead (Pb). Therefore, investigation on ideal methods to deal with PSC wastes once the device attains its end-of-life is crucial and to recycle the components within the cell is the most cost effective and energy effective method by far. This paper reported on a layer-by-layer extraction approach to recycle the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate which is the most expensive component in the device architecture of mesoporous planar PSC. By adapting the sequential removal of each layer, chemical properties of individual components, including spiro-OMeTAD and gold can be preserved, enabling the material to be easily reused. It also ensured that the toxic Pb component could be isolated without contaminating other materials. The removal of all individual layers allows the retrieval of FTO conductive glass which can be used in various applications that are not only restricted to photovoltaics. Comparison of electrical, morphological and physical properties of recycled FTO glasses to commercial ones revealed minimal variations. This confirmed that the recycling approach was useful in retrieving the substrate without affecting its physicochemical properties. This journal is � The Royal Society of Chemistry. Final 2023-05-29T09:08:19Z 2023-05-29T09:08:19Z 2021 Article 10.1039/d1ra00338k 2-s2.0-85105574040 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105574040&doi=10.1039%2fd1ra00338k&partnerID=40&md5=68f17f9b2f45bd8723dc091fd47805e8 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26255 11 24 14534 14541 All Open Access, Gold Royal Society of Chemistry Scopus
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description Cost effectiveness; Glass; Molecular biology; Nanocomposites; Perovskite; Physicochemical properties; Recycling; Solar power plants; Substrates; Tin oxides; Toxic materials; Coated glass substrates; Conductive glass; Device architectures; Environment friendly; Fluorine doped tin oxide; Individual components; Organic-inorganic; Photovoltaic devices; Perovskite solar cells
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Chowdhury M.S.
Rahman K.S.
Selvanathan V.
Hasan A.K.M.
Jamal M.S.
Samsudin N.A.
Akhtaruzzaman M.
Amin N.
Techato K.
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author Chowdhury M.S.
Rahman K.S.
Selvanathan V.
Hasan A.K.M.
Jamal M.S.
Samsudin N.A.
Akhtaruzzaman M.
Amin N.
Techato K.
spellingShingle Chowdhury M.S.
Rahman K.S.
Selvanathan V.
Hasan A.K.M.
Jamal M.S.
Samsudin N.A.
Akhtaruzzaman M.
Amin N.
Techato K.
Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
author_sort Chowdhury M.S.
title Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
title_short Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
title_full Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
title_fullStr Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
title_full_unstemmed Recovery of FTO coated glass substrate: Via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
title_sort recovery of fto coated glass substrate: via environment-friendly facile recycling perovskite solar cells
publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
publishDate 2023
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