The application discloses a method for step-by-step
recovery of aluminum and silver from
crystalline silicon solar cells, comprising the following steps: pretreatment: the waste
crystalline silicon photovoltaic module is physically disassembled to obtain
solar cell fragments; alkaline leaching of aluminum: the
solar cell fragments obtained in the pretreatment step are placed in a
potassium hydroxide solution for leaching reaction, and after
filtration, an aluminum-containing filtrate and a
cell fragment with removed aluminum back field are obtained; aluminum
recovery:
carbon dioxide is introduced or acid is added into the aluminum-containing filtrate obtained in the alkaline leaching of aluminum step, high-purity aluminum
hydroxide is precipitated, and after
calcination, an aluminum
oxide product is obtained; acid leaching of silver: the
cell fragment with removed aluminum back field is placed in a
nitric acid solution for leaching reaction, a
silver electrode is dissolved in
nitric acid to generate a
silver nitrate solution, and after
filtration, a silver-containing filtrate and a
solid silicon fragment with
silicon as a main component are obtained; and silver
recovery: the silver-containing filtrate obtained in the acid leaching of silver step is recovered into elemental silver through electrolytic deposition.