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DuPont Microcircuit Materials Developments to Lead to New Lower-Silver Solamet PV Offering

Breakthrough metallization technology designed to drive costs down for solar cell manufacturers

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) is accelerating the completion of a breakthrough technology innovation that is enabling the company to develop formulations for a new series of its leading DuPont Solamet brand photovoltaic (PV) metallization pastes that significantly reduce the silver content. This development will help offset some of the impact that rising silver prices have on the cost of producing solar cells and modules. DuPont expects to commercialize the first generation of lower sil...

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