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...contemporary photovoltaic panels require all sorts of strange metals to make... This is not quite right. A few kinds of contemporary PV require exotic eleme
by philipkglass 10y ago
...contemporary photovoltaic panels require all sorts of strange metals to make...
This is not quite right. A few kinds of contemporary PV require exotic elements such as indium, gallium, and tellurium. But the market is dominated by crystalline silicon cell technology (about 93% market share in 2015): https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ise/de/documents/publications/studies/Photovoltaics-Report.pdf https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ise/de/documents/p...