Increasing silver prices may become a stimulus for module manufacturers to find alternatives to silver or reduce its use in solar cell metallization, according to a recent study. Researcher Samuele Lo Piano, however, told pv magazine that the current availability of silver does not represent an issue for large-scale PV development. He also explained that, although copper-nickel alloys for the frontal contact metallization are considered a possible alternative to silver, it may take some time before these solutions become viable . Silver availability will not become a constraint for large-scale ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...