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Bullion World | Issue 10 | February 2022

a complicated, multi-stage cell. It fell to around 130 mg
process and requires extensive per cell in 2016, which further
capital investment. declined to 111 mg per cell in
2019.
• Domestic solar PV modules • Industry forecasts the usage
installed capacity is 11,000 MW to drop to around 80 mg per
consisting of more than 150 cell in future and stabilize after
companies with top players that. Converting the use of the
accounting for around 6913 MW silver paste to MW generation
capacity. Most domestic players approximately 40 kg/ MW. Major producers of
come under the 50-200MW silver paste at Global
capacity bracket, while a Substitution is not a significant level.
handful of players have a larger risk
manufacturing capacity. • Substitution from less expensive
Du Pont
materials like copper appears
• Out of India’s annual demand limited given that Silver has Haraeus:
of 10GW PV equipment, nearly the lowest electrical resistance
Samsung
85% is imported. The primary among all metals at standard
reason for lower capacity temperatures. This translates Giga Solar
utilization is capacity is obsolete, that substitutes cannot replace
sub-scale and uncompetitive. Silver in terms of energy output Targray Group
per panel
Trends in Silver applications in • The result would be using Toyo Aluminium
Solar PV substitutes will increase the Mono crystal
• Silver paste application (also number of the panel to get the
called loading) in solar cells has same electrical output. Noritake
been declining since 2009 due • Secondly, those PVs will Namics
to development in technology have a shorter lifespan with
and an increase in efficiency of reduced adhesiveness of front Donjin Semichem
the silicon wafers. pastes made from copper or
Exojet technology corporation
• In 2009, the silver paste usage aluminium.
was approximately 521 mg per AG Pro

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Daejoo electonics materials

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Hoyi technology

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