The TRANSMIT project is proud to have taken part in the 32nd International Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Problems (ISAEP), held on 12–13 October in Szeged, Hungary.
Representing consortium member Bay Zoltán Research, Saji Kochuveedu gave an oral presentation on end-of-life management for emerging thin-film photovoltaics, titled “An Overview on the Strategies to Recycle Perovskite and CIGS Solar Cells to Reduce Environmental Impacts.”
The presentation covered three main areas:
Material recovery: end-of-life pathways for recovering critical raw materials from CIGS and perovskite cells.
Environmental benchmarking: using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to measure the true ecological footprint of recycling processes.
Greener chemistry: replacing hazardous solvents and strong leaching acids with more sustainable alternatives, a key step toward a genuinely circular PV value chain.
This contribution highlights TRANSMIT’s ongoing work to assess and report on the environmental impact of perovskite and CIGS solar cells.