• Paper

    Yasunori Kikuchi, Associate Professor

A research paper from Assoc. Prof. Kikuchi’s group published at “International Journal of Automation Technology”

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and lithium-ion batteries (LiB) are recognized as necessary technologies for the expansion of renewable energy, and their implementation is expected to continue to increase in the future.
On the other hand, the recycling technology system has not been established and the recycling of the valuable metal resources contained in them has not progressed. In the paper (1), we firstly reviewed the recycling technologies for PV and LiB and analyzed the requirements for the evaluation of the technology system from the life cycle perspective. In the paper (2), the potential of the novel technology using the electric pulse dismantling method is experimentally investigated by the co-researchers and interpreted based on the life cycle thinking.

[1]Research title:


Defining Requirements on Technology Systems Assessment from Life Cycle Perspectives: Cases on Recycling of Photovoltaic and Secondary Batteries

Joint Researchers:


Yasunori Kikuchi, Aya Heiho, Yi Dou, Izuru Suwa, I-Ching Chen, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Chiharu Tokoro

Journal:


International Journal of Automation Technology
14(6), 890-908, (2020)
https://doi.org/10.20965/ijat.2020.p0890

[2]Research title:


Copper/Silver Recovery from Photovoltaic Panel Sheet by Electrical Dismantling Method

Joint Researchers:


Chiharu Tokoro, Soowon Lim, Yukihiro Sawamura, Masataka Kondo, Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Taketoshi Koita, Takao Namihira, Yasunori Kikuchi

Journal:


International Journal of Automation Technology
14(6), 966-974, (2020)
https://doi.org/10.20965/ijat.2020.p0966

Contact:


Yasunori Kikuchi
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/people/kikuchi-yasunori/