Executive Summary
E.1 Overview of Indium Use in PV Manufacturing
E.2 Key Developments and Trends in the Use of Indium in PV Manufacturing
E.3 Opportunities for Mining, Refining, and Distribution Firms
E.4 Opportunities for Indium-Based Materials Firms
E.5 Opportunities for Solar Panel Firms
E.6 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 ITO in PV: Market Evolution
1.1.2 CIGS PV Overview
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Photovoltaic Markets and Technology
2.1 Introduction: PV Markets Overview
2.2 Photovoltaic Markets and Technologies
2.2.1 Crystalline Silicon PV
2.2.2 Thin-Film Silicon PV
2.2.3 CdTe PV
2.2.4 CIGS PV
2.2.5 Organic and DSC PV
2.2.6 Other PV
2.3 Specialty Metal Usage by PV Technology
2.4 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Three: Markets and Opportunities for Indium in Photovoltaics
3.1 Introduction: Overview of Indium's Role in Photovoltaic Technology and Markets
3.2 ITO's Place Among Transparent Electrode Materials for PV
3.2.1 ITO in Thin-Film Silicon PV
3.2.2 ITO in CdTe PV
3.2.3 ITO in CIGS PV
3.2.4 ITO in OPV/DSC
3.2.5 Alternative Transparent Conductors
3.3 ITO Materials and Processes
3.3.1 Sputtering and Other Vacuum Deposition Materials and Methods for ITO
3.3.2 Printing of ITO
3.3.3 Other Deposition Materials and Methods for ITO
3.4 CIGS Materials and Processes
3.4.1 Sputtering and Other Vacuum Deposition Materials and Methods for CIGS
3.4.2 Electrodeposition of CIGS
3.4.3 Printing of CIGS
3.5 Other Uses for Indium in Photovoltaics
3.6 Impact of Broader Indium Markets on Indium for Photovoltaics
3.6.1 Indium Commodities Pricing
3.6.2 Indium Production and Recycling
3.7 Safety, Health, and Environmental Concerns with Indium Production and Use
3.8 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Indium in Photovoltaics
4.1 Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 Data Sources
4.1.2 Some Notes about the Downturn
4.1.3 Scope of Forecast
4.1.4 Alternative Scenarios and Other Factors Taken into Consideration
4.1.5 Some Notes on Pricing
4.2 Forecasts of Indium Consumption in PV by PV Technology
4.2.1 Indium Consumption by Crystalline Silicon PV
4.2.2 Indium Consumption by Thin-Film Silicon PV
4.2.3 Indium Consumption by Cadmium Telluride PV
4.2.4 Indium Consumption by CIGS PV
4.2.5 Indium Consumption by OPV/DSC
4.2.6 Indium Consumption by Other PV
4.3 Forecasts of Indium Consumption in PV by Indium Material Type
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In this Report
About the Author
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