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

DuPont™ Solamet® metallization paste increases solar cell efficiency and electrical output. DuPont recently announced plans to double production capacity for its market-leading DuPont™ Solamet® photovoltaic (PV) metallization pastes, based on strong, continued growth in the solar energy industry and accelerated demand for new materials that enable higher efficiency PV 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 into PV applications will exceed $1 billion in 2011 and $2 billion by 2014.

DuPont™ Solamet® photovoltaic metallization pastes are made from silver and other materials, which collect electricity produced by the solar cell and transport it out of the cell. They play a critical role in how efficiently PV modules turn sunlight into electricity. The advances made by DuPont in the field of front- and back-side metallization contacts have resulted in significant efficiency gains for solar cell technology.

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