Australian researchers have identified 316L stainless steel as an effective electrode material for recovering silver from recycled PV cells, achieving up to 93% recovery and 96% Faradaic efficiency.

Wang tells PV Tech Premium that copper offers a ‘a compelling combination’ of traits to replace silver. Image: AIKO. This Premium article, which was one of the most read Premium articles in 2025, has ...

“This technique, previously reported in the literature, enables the recovery of highly pure silver metal from hydrometallurgical leachate containing copper ions,” the team explained. The best ...

The solar industry’s latest cost-saving breakthrough is colliding with a bottleneck in the metals market. Driven by volatile silver prices, high-efficiency panel makers are pushing to replace silver ...

The CuBert paste was used on an M10 solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 24%. Image: Bert Thin Films. Kentucky-based Bert Thin Films has used a proprietary copper paste on a tunnel oxide ...