Perovskites: Lord of Light?
…designs sandwich a layer of MethylAmmonium Lead Iodide (band gap of 1.55 eV) in between an ‘electron carrier’ and a ‘hole carrier’, which are in turn sandwiched between a gold…
Solar energy: is 50% efficiency now attainable?
…words, the cell is printed upside down and then turned over). Gold was electroplated onto contact of the inverted structure (literally, “gold-plated”!), then the cell was epoxied onto a flat…
Commodity price volatility: energy, metals and ags?
…ranging across energy commodities such as oil, gas and coal; industrial metals such as iron ore, copper and aluminium; precious metals such as gold and silver; and agricultural commodities such…
Commodity prices: metals, materials and chemicals?
…prices, Electric Motor and Generator prices, Electrical Transformer prices, Epoxide prices, Ethanol prices, Ethylene prices, Ethylene Oxide prices, EVA prices, Formaldehyde prices, Glass Fiber prices, Gold prices, Graphite Anode prices,…
Mining: crushing, grinding and comminution costs?
…spanning across the gold, silver, iron, copper and limestone quarrying industries (see the ‘capex’ tab). Our energy intensity estimates are informed by mine disclosures and technical papers, but we have…
Overview of mining equipment companies?
…25-30% in Asia. Another 25-30% is usually associated with the copper industry, 25-30% with the gold-silver industry, and the remainder is diversified (charts below). Direct focus on the energy efficiency…
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…
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…
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…
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…