Wang tells PV Tech Premium that copper offers a ‘a compelling combination’ of traits to replace silver. Image: AIKO. This Premium article, which was one of the most read Premium articles in 2025, has ...
As solar PV proliferates and emerges as the dominant energy transition technology in much of the world, it is taking up a larger and larger portion of the world’s silver production. Solar ...
Image: University of Camerino, Environmental Technology & Innovation, CC BY 4.0 Researchers from Italy’s University of Camerino have developed a novel way to recover silver from end-of-life solar ...
A group of researchers at the Odtu-Gunam research institute in Turkiye claims to have fabricated a TOPCon solar cell with a nickel (Ni) contact and significantly lower silver (Ag) content, with the ...
The solar industry is turning to base metals and innovation to bypass the soaring silver price. Silver’s exceptional ...