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Zenodo
2024
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15585781 |
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- <p>Silicon (Si) has been defined as a critical raw material (CRM) by the European Union since 2014, due to its high supply risk and economic importance. Si has high economic importance in the EU due to its irreplaceable presence in numerous products on which our society relies. The demand for silicon in solar applications has experienced rapid growth during the past decade.<br>At the moment, the production of Silicon and solar panels represents a carbon and energyintensive process, which produces several low-value byproducts and wastes. Thus, a shift away from waste generation and carbon emissions towards circularity is necessary for creating a sustainable industry.<br>In 2024, partners of the Resilex project have worked hard to test a new way for the production of silicon. The new process developed consists of carbon-free, sustainable, aluminothermic reduction of molten silicates (oxide melts) by aluminum scrap. This will be tuned and optimized for the production of pure Si suitable for solar energy and battery applications and. This document has been realized by ETA with the contribution of NTNU.</p>