Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42514836›Full record

ArticlePolymers2026

Structural and Thermal Assessment of POE Encapsulant Residues from Laser-Treated Photovoltaic Laminate Fragments.

Szymon Tofil, Shuyang Lin, Jianhua Yao, Qunli Zhang, Liang Wang, Leonardo Orazi, António B Pereira, Filipe J Oliveira

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Polymers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Szymon TofilInstitute of Laser Advanced Manufacturing, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 288 Liuhe Road, Liuxia Subdistrict, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2055-3556
Shuyang LinInstitute of Laser Advanced Manufacturing, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 288 Liuhe Road, Liuxia Subdistrict, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Jianhua YaoInstitute of Laser Advanced Manufacturing, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 288 Liuhe Road, Liuxia Subdistrict, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Qunli ZhangInstitute of Laser Advanced Manufacturing, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 288 Liuhe Road, Liuxia Subdistrict, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9950-1651
Liang WangInstitute of Laser Advanced Manufacturing, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 288 Liuhe Road, Liuxia Subdistrict, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Leonardo OraziDepartment of Sciences and Methods for Engineering, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4507-0518
António B PereiraTEMA-Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8342-5116
Filipe J OliveiraCICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7956-6565

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China W2533158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

End-of-life photovoltaic modules represent a complex waste stream in which polyolefin elastomer (POE) encapsulants are increasingly important but insufficiently characterized after recovery. This study evaluates the structural, morphological and thermal state of POE-rich encapsulant residues obtained from laser-treated fragments of a crystalline-silicon photovoltaic module after approximately five years of field operation, focusing on material quality rather than process optimization. Reference POE and representative polymer-rich residues were examined by FTIR-ATR, TGA/DTG under nitrogen and SEM/EDS. FTIR-ATR showed characteristic polyolefin bands at approximately 2915-2847, 1463 and 718-719 cm

Indexed as

FTIR-ATRinorganic residuesphotovoltaic wastePOE encapsulantpolymer-rich residuespolyolefin elastomerSEM/EDSsilicon photovoltaic recyclingTGA/DTG

Identifiers

PMID42514836
PMCPMC13417699

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.