Research and Markets: Analysis of the Development of China Thin-Film Cells and CIGS Thin-Film Cells 2009

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/406b97/analysis_of_the_de) has
announced the addition of the "Analysis of the Development of China Thin-Film
Cells and CIGS Thin-Film Cells 2009" report to their offering.

In 2008, the global output of photovoltaic cells was 6.4GW, a year-on-year
increase of 60%, maintaining a long trend of high growth, while China seems to
have become the world's largest photovoltaic cells producer. The output in
mainland China to occupy 30 percent of global production. Among the world top 25
PV companies in 2008, China accounted for 8 with total output of 1821MW and
Taiwan accounted for 3 with the total output of 723.5MW.

In 2008, the global output of thin-film solar cells was 892MW, a year-on-year
growth rate of 120% for two consecutive years, accounting for 15% of total solar
cell output.

The future development trend of Photovoltaic cells is that the crystalline
silicon cell will still in a dominant position in the near future in terms of
the continuous improvement process of technology and the continuing decline of
cost. And due to the low-cost and conversion efficiency is still have room for
improvement of thin film coating battery, thus, the future market share will be
have a significant growth. In terms of the market circumstance, the CIGS
thin-film battery will be the fastest growth one of thin-film cell in the
future.

CIGS thin-film battery has a cost advantage compared with crystalline silicon
cells, CIGS cells using low-cost glass as substrate, sputtering technology is
the major technology and the wastage of Cu, In, Ga, Al, Zn is very little. For
the large-scale industrial production, if able to maintain relatively high
efficiency of the battery, the cost of battery (per-watt) is much lower than
single crystal silicon and polycrystalline silicon cells.

In terms of the scarcity of raw materials, the shortage of Indium will be the
major matter for the long term development of the CIGS thin film cells. But, in
fact, in a short term, the scarcity of Indium does not constitute an obstacle to
the development of CIGS thin-film battery.

Indium is a rare silver-white metal, does not have an independent mineral,
widely distributed in the sphalerite. China reserves approximately 13,000 tons,
accounting for 2/3 of the world's reserves. In addition to China, the United
States, Canada and Japan are the major producers. Presently, the majority of
China's indium export to Japan and South Korea, only a small amount consumed in
domestic market. In terms of the special nature and rarity of indium, since June
2007 China has started the implementation of the export quota system of Indium,
in 2008, China produced a total of 215 tons of indium ingot.

Key Topics Covered:

Overview of thin-film battery industry

* Category of PV cells
* Classification and characteristics of thin-film batteries
* Development of global thin-film battery

Cost of thin-film battery

The raw materials of thin-film battery in China

* Conductive glass
* Conductive glass suppliers
* photovoltaic glass - substrate deposition and components packaging
* EVA film
* Special gas
* coating target

Performance of 2008

Overview of CIGS thin-film battery

* Cost of CIGS thin-film battery
* The advantages of CIGS thin-film battery
* Possibility of problems
* Future demands

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