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DuPont to Double Solamet Production to Meet Surging Solar Energy Market Demand

Metallization materials increase solar cell efficiency to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

DuPont announced plans to double production capacity for its DuPont Solamet photovoltaic metallization pastes, based on strong, continued growth in the solar energy industry and accelerated demand for new materials that enable higher efficiency photovoltaic cells. As part of DuPont’s efforts to help reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, the capacity increase is consistent with the company’s expectation that its sales of enabling innovations into photovoltaic applications will exceed $1 ...

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