Cyanide production: the economics?
…NaCN can easily be double normal levels. This matters for the gold and silver mining industries. Gold and silver form soluble coordination complexes with cyanide ions, which in turn makes…
LONGi: technology review and solar innovations?
…in our recent research, and across our work into silver. 30% of the patents in our sample focused on ways to displace silver out of PV modules. Updated conclusions on…
Model of losses in a solar cell: surface, emitter and shading?
…Sensitivity analysis suggests there may be future potential to halve silver content in a solar cell from 20g/kW to 10g/kW without materially increasing the losses beyond 4%. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added…
TOPCon: maverick?
…cells, which will take some sting out of solar re-inflation, tighten silver bottlenecks and may further entrench China’s solar giants. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart This report starts with our…
Energy transition: active duty?
…Will the rise of the solar industry add 40% to total global silver demand, or will silver be entirely thrifted out? (note here). Will the entire lithium mining industry be…
New energies: the age of materials?
…using 20-30% less silver in solar modules, but new HJT cells are actually using 80-100% more silver, because this helps to deliver efficiency gains that deflate all of the other…
Bill of materials: electronic devices and data-centers?
…opportunities in vapor deposition equipment, advanced polymers, and ultra-high purity materials including tantalum, silver, gold, tin, et al. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/09/28/new-energies-the-age-of-materials https://thundersaidenergy.com/2024/04/04/energy-and-ai-the-power-and-the-glory Finally, the vast range of advanced materials used in electronic…
Electrowinning: costs and energy economics?
…of electrolysis. Electrorefining of metals was developed in the second half of the 19th century, applied first to copper, then gold and silver; in order to produce higher purity metals…
Energy transition: top commodities?
…Earths, Nickel, Oil, Polyurethanes, PV Silicon, Silicon Carbide, Silver, STATCOMs, Steel, Sulphuric Acid, Tin, Uranium, Vanadium. Further details on each commodity can be found by browsing our supply-demand models. Another…
Electrical conductivity: energy transition materials?
…action’ in energy transition will take place in the range of 10^-8 to 10^-3 Ohm-meters. Silver is the most conductive metal used in the energy transition, which combined with its…