The invention relates to a silver
recovery technology, in particular to a method for preparing high-purity silver
powder by recovering silver from retired photovoltaic module cells, which comprises the procedures of pretreatment, leaching treatment, suction
filtration treatment, silver
precipitation treatment,
silver chloride precipitation and purification treatment, silver
ammonia solution reduction and the like. The method comprises the following steps: by taking a disassembled retired photovoltaic module battery piece as a
raw material, firstly, removing dust on the surface of the battery piece and
metal impurities partially attached to the surface of the battery piece through pretreatment, leaching the cleaned battery piece by using a
nitric acid solution, carrying out suction
filtration by using a suction
filtration machine, and separating to obtain
silicon slag and a
silver nitrate solution; the method comprises the following steps: adding a chlorinating agent into a
silver nitrate solution, reacting to generate
silver chloride precipitate, dissolving the separated
silver chloride precipitate by using
ammonia water to form a silver-
ammonia solution, and finally adding a
reducing agent into the silver-ammonia solution to obtain high-purity silver
powder and ammonia water; compared with the conventional technology, the method for recovering silver has the advantages of low cost, no
wastewater generation and simpler process, and meets the requirements of economy, high efficiency and
environmental protection.