Review and prospect of metal recycling technologies in power electronics
Under the goal of carbon neutrality,the promotion of renewable energy power generation,smart grid,new energy vehicles and other technologies has greatly accelerated the applications of high-power density and high-operating frequency electronic devices.Under this trend,the amounts of waste new energy vehicles as well as their power electronics will reach the peak in the near future.Substrate materials,metallization layers and connection materials in power electronics are rich in metal resources and have extremely high recycling value.This paper focuses on the function,structure and composition characteristics of typical power electronic devices under the carbon neutrality.Based on the existing metal recycling technology,the overall recycling process for power electronics were discussed and prospected,such as silicon-based chip materials,base metals(copper,nickel,tin,etc.)and rare and precious metals(gold,silver,etc.),and the overall recycling process for power electronic devices was summarized.The technology references for large-scale decommissioning of power electronics and metal recovery in the future were provided.
power electronics recoveryresource utilizationmetallurgical processprecious metals enrichmentvaluable metals separationchip material recovery