Featured in A redrawn energy landscape – 05-2022

Silver lining

High-efficiency PV cells need more silver, and in a time of war in Europe, the price is heading up. While past reductions in silver consumption have resulted in falling cell production costs, the dawn of n-type requires a new emphasis on spending silver pennies wisely.

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Jonathan Gifford

06 May 2022

Image: Asys

The transition from childhood to adolescence can be accompanied with an increase in appetite, and for solar cell manufacturing the same is true. While availability remains a concern for polysilicon, the industry is also focusing on raw materials used in high efficiency PV, such as bismuth and silver. The 13th edition of the “International Technology …

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