Purity Unlocked: Homerun''s antimony-free solar glass by design
Cleaner Chemistry, Clearer Glass – Homerun''s ultra-pure Brazilian silica enables 100% antimony-free solar glass production – a first for the Americas...
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Cleaner Chemistry, Clearer Glass – Homerun''s ultra-pure Brazilian silica enables 100% antimony-free solar glass production – a first for the Americas...
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This article explores a new process for extracting valuable antimony from the glass of solar panels, aimed at solving disposal challenges in the 2030s.
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These glasses, predominantly manufactured in China, are doped with antimony oxide (Sb2O3) to ensure high transparency while keeping production costs low.
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The recycling of solar glass presents unique challenges, particularly due to the use of antimony compounds in solar glass, which complicates the recycling process.
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The solar glass sector is ready to take back the European manufactured high-quality cullet at the end-of-life stage of PV panels and use it to produce new solar glass for the European solar PV industry.
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The production of this significant amount of (77.1–178 Mt) glass annually will place considerable pressure on raw materials, such as antimony (Sb), which is essential for PV glass
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However, glass manufacturers have been hard at work since then trying to eliminate antimony from solar glasses where it is considered necessary to use it. This article examines the breakthroughs recently
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For the production of solar patterned glass, the chemical composition and physical properties of the antimony oxide powder used must meet or exceed the requirements for Grade
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To address these challenges, the ESIA Recommendation paper suggests that the European Union should consider mandating PV module manufacturers under the upcoming Ecodesign regulations to
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In solar glass specifically, small amounts of antimony oxide help stabilize optical properties under years of UV exposure, reducing “solarization” (the tendency of glass to brown or
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