The Strength and Durability Studies of Cement Mortar Blended with Solar PV Cells

Abstract

In this article we demonstrated the study of strength and durability of cement paste blended with waste solar PV cells. In order to investigate the corresponding performance of both strength and durability due to the sustainable use of solar PV panels in cement-based composite, in which the cement was replaced with amorphous PV powders from discarded solar PV panels with a high proportion of silicon dioxide. The conclusions were made on effect of this cement replacement. The use of ground solar cells for various properties of cement-based composite was investigated, and as a result, we identified the factors affecting the strength and durability for those of cement mortar specimens which had predefined and made in laboratory. As a summary, using solar PV cells as the cement replacement did not perform well from a strength perspective while it did give a better performance of durability.