Indium Markets for Photovoltaics

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• E.1 Overview of Indium Use in PV Manufacturing
• E.2 Key Developments and Trends in the Use of Indium-Based Materials in PV Manufacturing
• E.3 Opportunities for Mining, Refining, and Distribution Firms
• E.4 Opportunities for Indium-Based Material Firms
• E.5 Opportunities for Solar Panel Firms
• E.6 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts

Chapter One: Introduction

• 1.1 Background to this Report
  • 1.1.1 ITO in PV: Market Evolution
  • 1.1.2 CIGS PV Overview
• 1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
• 1.3 Methodology of this Report
• 1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: Photovoltaic Markets and Technology

• 2.1 Introduction: PV Markets Overview
• 2.2 Photovoltaic Markets and Technologies
  • 2.2.1 Crystalline Silicon PV
  • 2.2.2 Thin-Film Silicon PV
  • 2.2.3 CdTe PV
  • 2.2.4 CIGS PV
  • 2.2.5 Organic and DSC PV
  • 2.2.6 Other PV
• 2.3 Specialty Metal Usage Within PV Technology
• 2.4 Key Points Made in this chapter

Chapter Three: Markets and Opportunities for Indium in Photovoltaics

• 3.1 Introduction: Overview of Indium' s Role in Photovoltaic Technology and Markets
• 3.2 ITO' s Place Among Transparent Electrode Materials for PV
• 3.3 ITO Materials and Processes
  • 3.3.1 Sputtering and Other Vacuum Deposition Materials and Methods for ITO
  • 3.3.2 Printing of ITO
  • 3.3.3 Other Deposition Materials and Methods for ITO
• 3.4 CIGS Materials and Processes
  • 3.4.1 Sputtering and Other Vacuum Deposition Materials and Methods for CIGS
  • 3.4.2 Electrodeposition of CIGS
  • 3.4.3 Printing of CIGS
• 3.5 Impact of Broader Indium Markets on Indium for Photovoltaics
  • 3.5.1 Indium Commodities Pricing
  • 3.5.2 Indium Production and Recycling
• 3.6 Safety, Health, and Environmental Concerns with Indium Production and Use
• 3.7 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Indium in Photovoltaics

• 4.1 Forecasting Methodology
  • 4.1.1 Data Sources
  • 4.1.2 Scope of Forecast
  • 4.1.3 Alternative Scenarios and Other Factors Taken into Consideration
• 4.2 Forecasts of Indium Consumption in PV by PV Technology
• 4.3 Forecasts of Indium Consumption in PV by Indium Material Type