The Availability of Indium: The Present, Medium Term, and Long Term

Lokanc, Martin¹  Eggert, Roderick¹  Redlinger, Michael¹ 

[1] Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

关键词: indium;    critical elements;    mineral production;    supply constraints;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1327212
RP-ID  :  NREL/SR--6A20-62409
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1327212

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Demand for indium is likely to increase if the growth in deployment of the copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) and III-V thin-film photovoltaic technologies accelerates. There are concerns about indium supply constraints since it is relatively rare element in the earth's crust and because it is produced exclusively as a byproduct.