Implementation of a CirculAr economy Based on Recycled, reused and recovered Indium, Silicon and Silver materials for photovoltaic and other applications

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ABOUT

About

CABRISS is a joint initiative of 16 European companies and research institutes and received approval by the EU’s Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Framework Program.

The main vision of CABRISS (IMPLEMENTATION OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY BASED ONRECYCLED, REUSED AND RECOVERED INDIUM, SILICON AND SILVER MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC AND OTHER APPLICATIONS) project is to develop a circular economy mainly for the photovoltaic, but also for electronic and glass industry. It will consist in the implementation of: (i) recycling technologies to recover In, Ag and Si for the sustainable PV technology and other applications; (ii) a solar cell processing roadmap, which will use Si waste for the high throughput, cost-effective manufacturing of hybrid Si based solar cells and will demonstrate the possibility for the re-usability and recyclability at the end of life of key PV materials. The developed Si solar cells will have the specificity to have a low environmental impact by the implementation of low carbon footprint technologies and as a consequence, the technology will present a low energy payback (about 1 year).The originality of the project relates to the cross-sectorial approach associating together different sectors like the Powder Metallurgy (fabrication of Si powder based low cost substrate), the PV industry (innovative PV Cells) and the industry of recycling (hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy) with a common aim : make use of recycled waste materials (Si, In and Ag). CABRISS focuses mainly on a photovoltaic production value chain, thus demonstrating the cross-sectorial industrial symbiosis with closed-loop processes.

More information:

CABRISS Leaflet

CABRISS Poster

Timeline

Official starting date: June 1^st, 2015
Kickoff meeting July 7^th-8^th, July 2015

News / Events

Press release

06/06/2018

Earth first: greening the PV industry with a universal zero waste recycling concept! Power &...

CABRISS on Intersolar Europe

06/06/2018

Visit us on Intersolar Europe! June 20-22, Munich. LOSER Chemie B3.350 SOLITEK, A2.309 CEA-INES, A2...

H2020 CABRISS Outcomes

06/06/2018

The CABRISS consortium is pleased to welcome you to this public session where H2020 CABRISS...

CABRISS on Intersolar North America

06/06/2018

Visit us on Intersolar North America! July 10-12, San Fransisco LOSER Chemie Booth B7431

Partners

CEA

ECM GREENTECH

FAID

IMEC

INKRON

LOSER

PROKO

PV CYCLE FRANCE

PYROGENESIS

RESITEC

RHP TECHNOLOGY GMBH

SOLI TEK

STIFTELSEN SINTEF

SUNPLUGGED

THM FRAUNHOFER

TU VIENNA

The research project receives funding from the European Community‘s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) under grant agreement no. 641972.

OBJECTIVES

Objectives

CABRISS aims at pioneering a circular economy dedicated to handle the critical situation of recycling the important amount of photovoltaic waste and benefiting also to electronics, metallurgy and glass industries.

Five main objectives:

Developing industrial symbiosis by providing raw materials such as glass or silver pastes as feedstock for other industries (e.g. Glass, electronics or metallurgy).

Collecting up to 90% of the PV waste throughout Europe compared to the 40% rate in 2013.

Retrieving up to 90% of the high value raw materials from the PV cells and panels: Silicon, Indium and Silver.

Manufacturing PV cells and panels from the recycled raw materials achieving lower cost (25% less) and at least the same performances (i.e. cells efficiency yield) as the conventional processes thanks to the implementation of a solar cell processing roadmap, which uses Si waste for the high throughput, cost-effective manufacturing of hybrid Si based solar cell.

Involving the EU citizens and industry into such a sustainable and financially viable new economy.

ACTIONS

Work Packages

CABRISS work plan is divided into 9 Work Packages (WP); one WP is dedicated to the project management (WP9), one to dissemination, standardization and exploitation activities (WP8), one address a comprehensive assessment of environmental, sustainability and economic criteria which are essential for the long term economic success of the innovative processes, materials and technologies investigated in CABRISS project (WP7) and 6 WPs are directly connected to research and development activities.

PARTNERS

Partners

Consortium:

16 partners from 9 countries
6 SMEs and 5 Industries
5 RTO

CEA	ECM GREENTECH	FAID
IMEC	INKRON	LOSER
PROKO	PV CYCLE FRANCE	PYROGENESIS
RESITEC	RHP TECHNOLOGY GMBH	SOLI TEK
STIFTELSEN SINTEF	SUNPLUGGED	THM FRAUNHOFER
TU VIENNA

NEWS / EVENTS

--Publications

CABRISS PUBLIC DELIVERABLES:

H2020 CABRISS Public Business Plan (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.998558)

CABRISS DATASETS:

CABRISS Open Dataset (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1298608)

LIST OF CABRISS PUBLICATIONS:

M. Syvertsen, B. Ryningen, M. Di Sabatino, W. Palitzsch, H.J. Möller, C. Audoin, M. Sérasset, D. Pelletier, J.P. Rakotoniaina, J. Diéguez, A. Souto, J. Denafas, L. Petreniene, M. Pranaitis, V. Cyras, R. Zolubas, A. Ulyashin, “Recycling of Broken Si Based Structures and Solar Cells”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2016, 1768 – 1774 (DOI:10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-5DO.15.5)
H. Sivaramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, K. Van Nieuwenhuysen, J. Govaerts, V. Depauw, T. Bearda, M. Debucquoy, R. Roozeman, J. Heikkinen, M. Schumann, R. Buchwald, H.J. Möller, A. Ciftja, G. Stokkan, E.-J. Øvrelid, A. Stonkus, P. Dubravskij, J. Ulbikas, I. Gordon, J. Szlufcik, J. Poortmans, A. Ulyashin, “Solar Cells and Mini-Modules Based on 40 μm-Thick Epitaxial Si Foils: Towards Conductive Bonding onto Low-Cost Si Powder Sintered Conductive Carriers from the Recycling of Silicon Waste”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2016, 1268 – 1271 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-3DV.1.15)
A. Hajijafarassar, K. Van Nieuwenhuysen, I. Sharlandzhiev, V. Depauw, H. Sivaramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, T. Bearda, M. Debucquoy, I. Gordon, J. Szlufcik, Y. Abdulraheem, J. Poortmans, L. Magagnin, “Multiple Reuse of the Silicon Substrate in a Porous Silicon Based Layer Transfer Process”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2016, 313 – 316 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-2BO.2.6)
A. Simashkevich, L. Bruc, N. Curmei, D. Sherban, M. Rusu, A. Thøgersen, A. Ulyashin, “ITO/n-Si Based Solar Cells: The Influence of Interfaces on Solar Cell Efficiency”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2016, 850 – 853 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-2AV.3.37)
W. Brenner, N. Adamovic , “A Circular Economy for Photovoltaic Waste - the Vision of the European Project CABRISS”, 40th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2016 (DOI: 10.23919/MIPRO.2017.7973407). BEST PAPER AWARD
M. Moen, T. Halvorsen, K . Mørk, S. Velken, “Recycling of silicon metal powder from industrial powder waste streams”, Metal Powder Report 72 (2017), 182-187 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mprp.2016.04.005)
S. Ghodbane, A. Zimmermann, W. Palitzsch, R. Roozeman, E. Neubauer, N. Adamovic, N. Severino, P. Biermayr, J-P. Rakotoniaina, D. Pelletier, "Circular Economy based on recycling CIGS solar cells", IW-CIGSTech 7, Munich, Germany, 23 June 2016 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.825420)
R. Roozeman, "Ink for Sensors, Wearable and Printed Electronics", LOPEC 2017, Munich, Germany, 28-30 March 2017 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.825393)
S. Ghodbane, A. Zimmermann, W. Palitzsch, R. Roozeman, E. Neubauer, N. Adamovic, N. Severino, P. Biermayr, J-P. Rakotoniaina, D. Pelletier, "Circular Economy based on recycling CIGS solar cells", IW-CIGSTech 8, Stuttgart, Germany, 30 May 2017 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.825412)
CABRISS Consortium, “CABRISS Project”, Horizon 2020 - Climate challenges and Austrian-French research partnerships, Vienna, Austria, 15 April 2016 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.827206)
Ivan Gordon, "Thin Epitaxial Silicon Foils Using Porous-Silicon-Based Lift-Off for Photovoltaic Application", NanoMatEn 2016, Paris, France, 1-3 June 2016 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.846805)
Ivan Gordon, "Thin epitaxial Si foil using porous-Si-based lift-off for photovoltaic application", EMRS Spring Meeting 2016, Lille, France, 2-6 May 2016 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.846793)
Werner Brenner, Nadja Adamovic, "Innovative Approaches of a Circular Economy for Photovoltaic Waste", ENTRENOVA – Enterprise Research Innovation Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 7-9 September 2017 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.925129)
Werner Brenner, Nadja Adamovic, "Standardisierung in der Implementierung einer Kreislaufwirtschaft für PV-Abfälle - das H2020 Projekt CABRISS", DGM und VDEh: Werkstoffwoche Dresden 2017, Dresden, Germany, 27-29 September 2017 (abstract and poster download)
H. Sivaramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, N. Bednar, T. Bearda, R. Roozeman, J. Heikkinen, N. Adamovic, A. Ulyashin, M. Syvertsen, I. Gordon, “Solar Cells on < 50μm Thick Epitaxial Foils Conductively Bonded to Low-Cost Si Carrier”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2017, 431 - 436 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-2CO.12.2)
R. Thomas, D. Pelletier, M.-C. Hoffmann, J.P. Rakotoniaina, L. Federzoni, “Cabriss: Market Analysis and Business Models for a Circular Economy in PV”, EU PVSEC 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 September 2017
W. Palitzsch, “Implementation of a Circular Economy Based on Recycled, Reused and Recovered Indium, Silicon and Silver Materials for Photovoltaic and Other Applications”, EU PVSEC 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 September 2017
M. Syvertsen, T. Halvorsen, K. Mork, A. Nordmark, T. Kaden, A. Ulyashin, “Remelting and Purification of Si-Kerf for PV-Wafers”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2017, 1882 - 1885 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-5DV.3.71)
T. Halvorsen, M. Moen, K. Mork, D. Grosset-Bourbange, P. Rivat, H. Hajjaji, V. Brizé, F. Coustier, “CABRISS: Recycling of Si-Kerf from PV”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2017, 1524 - 1527 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-5EO.1.5)
A. Derbouz Draoua, B. Martel, S. Dubois, C. Audoin, M. Serasset, A. Fauveau, H. S. Radhakrishnan , J. Denafas, L. Petreniene, N. Severino, N. Bednar, A.G. Ulyashin, “On The Fabrication Of Solar Cells Based On Newly Produced Recycled Silicon Feedstocks From CABRISS – A Comparative Study Between Material Properties And Solar Cells Performances”, EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2017, 483 - 487 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-2AV.1.3)
M. Vardavoulias, A.S. Azar, T. Halvorsen, M. Moen, K. Mork, P.A. Carvalho, O. Dahl, A. Ulyashin, "Si Wafer Manufacturing by Thermal Spray of Recycled Si Powders", EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2017, 509 - 512 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-2AV.1.18)
T. Kaden, A.S. Azar, M. Syvertsen, H.J. Möller, N. Abrosimov, M. Fleissner Sunding, J. Hennicke, A. Ulyashin, "Silicon Powder Based Ingots and Substrates, Processed by Spark Plasma Sintering", EU PVSEC Proceedings, 2017, 513 - 516 (DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-2AV.1.19)

Presentations from CABRISS Open Workshop, organized within Freiberg Silicon Days 2017, as a 3-sessions workshop: New solutions for a PV circular economy - results from the H2020 projects CABRISS and ECOSOLAR.

K. Wambach, “PV Life Cycle Analysis” (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815895)
W. Palitzsch, “How to separate the components of end-of-life PV modules for further use” (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815913)
A. Ulyashin, “Low-cost Si substrates from Si scraps and Si kerf: EU project Cabriss” (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815881)
A. Derbouz Draoua, “A Second Life : PV Cells and Modules from Recycled Feedstock“ (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815936)
R. Thomas, M.-Ch. Hoffman, D. Pelletier, “Market analysis and business models for a circular economy in PV” (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815889)
F. Buchholz, “Saving silver in screen printed solar cell processing” (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815897)
T. Halvorsen, “Recycling of silicon kerf from PV” (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.815891)
M. Bellman, "Multicrystalline silicon ingot crystallisation from reusable crucibles" (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.836613)