A better way to metallize solar cells.
Silver is the second largest cost of a solar module and 100x more expensive than base metals
Last year 15% of the silver supply was used to manufacture solar cells
Silver is the only critical material in the solar supply chain and can limit terawatt-scale deployement
We must replace critical materials like silver with abundant materials like copper and aluminum in order to meaninguflly scale clean technologies like solar power. Base metals are orders of magnitude cheaper and more abundant.
We are material scientists, roboticists, and physicists with a clear vision to reduce silver usage in solar cells.
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