E.1 Key Developments in the Use of Silver in PV Manufacturing
E.2 Opportunities for Mining, Refining, and Distribution Firms
E.3 Opportunities for Silver Paint and Ink Firms
E.4 Opportunities for Solar Panel Firms
E.5 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 Silver in Electronics: Market Evolution
1.1.2 Silver in Photovoltaics
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 within PV Technology
2.4 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Three: Markets and Opportunities for Silver in Photovoltaics
3.1 Introduction: Overview of Silver's Role in Photovoltaic Technology and Markets
3.2 Silver as a Front Electrode Material
3.2.1 Printed Silver Used in Front Electrodes
3.2.2 Alternatives to Silver for Front Electrodes
3.2.3 Production Trends and Opportunities for Silver in Front Electrodes
3.3 Silver as a Back Electrode Material
3.3.1 Alternatives to Silver as a Back Electrode Material
3.3.2 Production Trends and Opportunities for Silver as a Back Electrode Material
3.4 Silver as a Reflective Conductor
3.4.1 Alternatives to Silver for Reflective Conductors
3.4.2 Production Trends and Opportunities for Silver as a Reflective Conductor
3.5 Silver Materials and Processes
3.5.1 Printing with Silver
3.5.2 Nano-Silver for Photovoltaics
3.5.3 Silver Used with Other Materials
3.6 Impact of Broader Silver Markets on Silver for Photovoltaics
3.6.1 Silver Commodities Pricing
3.6.2 Silver Production, Refining, and Recycling
3.7 Safety, Health, and Environmental Concerns with Silver
3.7.1 Regulation of Nanosilver
3.8 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver 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 Silver Consumption in PV by PV Technology
4.2.1 Silver Consumption by Crystalline Silicon PV
4.2.2 Silver Consumption by Thin-Film Silicon PV
4.2.3 Silver Consumption by Cadmium Telluride PV
4.2.4 Silver Consumption by CIGS PV
4.2.5 Silver Consumption by OPV/DSC
4.2.6 Silver Consumption by Other PV
4.3 Forecasts of Silver Consumption in PV by Silver Material Type
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report
About the Authors
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