The vast majority of research on organic photovoltaics (OPVs) has focused on improving device efficiency and stability and reducing material costs. However, if one could refurbish OPVs, their stability might not be so demanding, and the reuse of valuable OPV components can reduce the price per watt of solar modules. Herein, we present a dismantling procedure for reusing the active-layer materials without causing performance losses and for recovering the silver electrode and indium tin oxide (ITO)-electrode substrate via chemical and physical processes. Combined with the developed physical mixing methodology, the OPVs fabricated from recycled components also show comparable performance to that of fresh devices. The potential economic analysis points out that this recycling protocol can save 14.24 $ m⁻² in industrial scenarios, strongly demonstrating the possibility of recycling OPVs. This work represents a significant step toward cost-effective, high-yield recycling of waste OPVs while also demonstrating the prospects of no material supply constraints for OPV manufacturing shortly.

有机光伏 (OPV) 的绝大多数研究都集中在提高器件效率和稳定性以及降低材料成本。然而，如果能够翻新OPV，它们的稳定性可能不会那么要求，并且重复使用有价值的OPV组件可以降低太阳能组件的每瓦价格。在此，我们提出了一种拆卸程序，可在不造成性能损失的情况下重复使用有源层材料，并通过化学和物理过程回收银电极和氧化铟锡（ITO）电极基板。结合已开发的物理混合方法，由回收组件制造的 OPV 也表现出与新设备相当的性能。潜在经济分析指出，该回收协议在工业场景中可以节省 14.24 美元 ⁻² ，有力地证明了回收 OPV 的可能性。这项工作代表着朝着经济高效、高产废弃 OPV 回收迈出的重要一步，同时也展示了 OPV 制造短期内不受材料供应限制的前景。