Почему это важно для материаловедения
Crystalline silicon dominates, so solar demand is really demand for purified silicon, silver paste, aluminium frames and glass. The thin-film alternative substitutes tellurium or indium for most of that.
Из чего состоит
Все материалы →| Материал | Что он делает здесь | Значимость |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium критически важный | Frames and mounting | Определение |
| Copper критически важный | Ribbon, wiring and inverters | Определение |
| Silicon критически важный | The cell itself | Определение |
| Silver критически важный | Front-contact conductive paste | Определение |
| Soda Ash | Cover glass | Важно |
| Tellurium критически важный | Cadmium-telluride thin-film cells | Важно |
| Tin критически важный | Solder-coated interconnect ribbon | Важно |
| Zinc критически важный | Galvanised mounting structures | Важно |
| Gallium критически важный | CIGS thin film and cell doping | Настоящее время |
| Indium критически важный | CIGS thin film and transparent contacts | Настоящее время |

Aluminium
A light silvery metal made by passing an enormous electric current through dissolved bauxite — which is why people…

Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…

Silicon
The second-most-common element in the Earth's crust — ordinary sand — purified until only one atom in a billion is…

Silver
The best electrical conductor there is, and the metal that has been used as money for longer than almost anything…

Soda Ash
Sodium carbonate, mined from trona rock or made from salt, and the second ingredient in almost every sheet of glass.

Tellurium
A brittle, silvery element recovered from the slime at the bottom of a copper refinery tank, and the basis of one of…

