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9PV-up approved by CITE as a strategic project

The news that CITE considers 9PV-up strategic project was launched by several newspapers: https://www.veneziatoday.it/economia/porto-marghera-alkeemia-e-9-tech-presentati-ue.html https://www.ansa.it/amp/ansa2030/notizie/energia_energie/2026/05/04/mase-mimit-7-progetti-sulle-materie-prime-critiche-per-la-seconda-call_08671e43-6c46-48aa-ba86-c49511eb5d54.html https://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/notizie/teleborsa/economia/materie-prime-critiche-mimit-cite-approva-sette-progetti-italiani-123_2026-05-04_TLB.html https://www.ilsole24ore.com/radiocor/nRC_04.05.2026_13.20_30910309

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Awards

Awards at IRENA Innovation week 2025

On June 12, 2025, 9-Tech received the Circularity Solution Award andAudience Award for new equipment and processes developed for PV panel recycling. The awards were presented during the Technology Innovation…

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Scientific papers
  1. Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, Katya Brunelli, Luca Pezzato, Claire Audoin, Jean Patrice Rakotoniaina, Teresa Sessa, Marco Tammaro, Gianpaolo Sabia, Agnese Attanasio, Chiara Forte, Alessio Nisi, Harald Suitner, Manuele Dabalà (2021). Innovative recycling of end-of-life silicon PV panels: ReSiELP. Detritus, 16, 41–47
  2. Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, Manuele Dabalà, Luca Pezzato, Marco Tammaro, Amalia Zucaro, Gabriella Fiorentino, Giuliana Ansanelli, Katya Brunelli (2022). Silicon-PV Panel Recycling: Technologies and Perspectives. *La Metallurgia Italiana*, 16–26.
  3. Gianpaolo Sabia, Marco Tammaro, Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, Antonio Salluzzo, Katya Brunelli (2022). Treatment and Management of Effluents Generated by Hydrometallurgical Processes Applied to End-of-Life Photovoltaic Panels. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 47, 102814-25.
  4. Mazzi, Anna; Barbiero, Caterina; Miserocchi, Francesco; Nisato, Francesco; Tassinato, Graziano; Cerchier, Pietrogiovanni (2024). Life Cycle Assessment of the Al-Cu-Ag-Si Recycling Process from Photovoltaic Waste. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 211.
  5. Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, Francesco Miserocchi, Luca Pezzato et al. (2024). Parsival: Photovoltaic Waste and Silicon. Chemistry and Industry, 4.
  6. Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, Francesco Miserocchi, Luca Pezzato, Francesco Nisato, Graziano Tassinato, Carlo Grigorato, Manuele Dabalà, Katya Brunelli (2024). Photovoltaic Panel Recycling: Tests at the Pilot Plant in Venice and Silicon Applications for Ferroalloy Production. Detritus, 29, 54–62.
  7. Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, Francesco Miserocchi, Luca Pezzato et al. (2024). Recycling photovoltaic panels to create a silicon value chain: The Parsival Project. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 23, 2041–2050.
  8. Francesco Miserocchi, Fabrice Coustier, Bianca Maria Bresolin, Katya Brunelli, Pietrogiovanni Cerchier (2025). Material recovery from photovoltaic panels through thermal treatment: the effect of backsheet removal. Detritus, 32, 95–103.
  9. Pitacco, E., Cerchier, P., Pigato, M., Bernardini, C., D’Ambrosi, L., Forzan, M., Brunelli, K. (2025). Microwave-based pyrometallurgical process for producing ferrosilicon with PV cells from end-of-life PV panels. Detritus 3–9.
  10. Cerchier P, Miserocchi F, Bresolin BM, Pezzato L, Brunelli K (2026). Eco-friendly leaching of transition metals from lithium-ion battery cathodes: a comparative case study on the use of mild organic acids. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int., 33, 5404–5416.
  11. Pitacco E, Rosado S, Oñate S, Tolusso E, Rampinelli F, Marzullo F, Cerchier P, Miserocchi F, Gullón L, Presa L, Brunelli K (2026). Comparative assessment of photovoltaic waste generation across European countries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 575, 149253.