The invention discloses a method for recovering a
silicon wafer and
precious metal silver in a decommissioned
crystalline silicon photovoltaic panel, which comprises the following steps of: 1, mechanically disassembling and pyrolyzing the decommissioned photovoltaic panel to obtain a
crystalline silicon battery piece; 2, preparing
molten salt, and heating the
molten salt to melt the salt; and step 3, placing the
crystalline silicon cell in
molten salt, carrying out selective
etching separation, taking out the crystalline
silicon cell after
etching is finished, and washing with water to obtain a
silicon wafer and a silver wire. According to the method, the
melting temperature of the used fused salt is low, silver and silicon in the photovoltaic panel can be separated in a targeted mode, the fused salt does not react with substrate silicon and silver wires on the surface, the high
recovery efficiency of silver and silicon is guaranteed, meanwhile, environmental
pollution caused by silver and silicon in the
recovery process is reduced, on the basis, silver and silicon can be obtained through one-step separation and
recovery, and the method is suitable for industrial production. The method has the advantages of simple operation, short process, environmental friendliness and the like.