Chemicals that could be in solar panels
It depends on the panels what elements they have in them, but this is a sampling -
- Toxins in Solar Panels can include
- Cadmium telluride, Gallium arsenide, Tellurium, Silver, Crystalline silicon, Copper indium selenide, Cadmium gallium (di)selenide, Copper indium gallium (di)selenide, Hexafluoroethane, Lead, Polyvinyl fluoride, Silicon tetrachloride, a byproduct of producing crystalline silicon
- Toxins in Large Scale Battery Storage can include
- Lithium, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Graphite – an unstable combination
What happens to chemicals in these situations? Learn more here and Learn more here
Not much is being said about:
- Toxins exposure risk while manufacturing and disposing of solar panel. Learn more here
- Toxins are being dumped polluting neighborhoods. Learn more here
- The chemical make up of these panels. Learn more here
Chemical and their adverse health affect:
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAs) (also see here and here)
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Fluorinated Ethylene (FEP)
Cadmium Telluride
Copper Indium Selenide
Cadmium Gallium diselenide
Copper Indium Gallium diselenide
Silicon Tetrachloride
Hexafluoroethane
Polyvinyl Fluoride
Other that could be from silicon manufacturing and /or fabrication of solar panels and could end up in the finished product:
Hydrogen chloride
Silicon tetrachloride
Hydrochloric acid
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Sulfuric acid
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Formaldehyde
Arsine gas
Trichlorosilane gas
Silane gas
Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur hexaflouride
Sodium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide
Lead
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAs) (also see here and here)
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Fluorinated Ethylene (FEP)
Cadmium Telluride
Copper Indium Selenide
Cadmium Gallium diselenide
Copper Indium Gallium diselenide
Silicon Tetrachloride
Hexafluoroethane
Polyvinyl Fluoride
Other that could be from silicon manufacturing and /or fabrication of solar panels and could end up in the finished product:
Hydrogen chloride
Silicon tetrachloride
Hydrochloric acid
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Sulfuric acid
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Formaldehyde
Arsine gas
Trichlorosilane gas
Silane gas
Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur hexaflouride
Sodium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide
Lead
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