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Solar Panel (Residential)

High(60)
renewable_energy•solar•Various

400W residential rooftop solar panel with monocrystalline cells

Product Risk Score

60High

Aggregate Supply Security

Allied: 27.0%
Neutral: 13.0%
Adversary: 61.0%

Weakest Link

This element poses the highest supply chain risk for this product.

31Ga

Gallium

cells

88
Risk Score
96
China Dep.
96
Adversary
1%
Allied

CIGS thin-film cells

Overall Risk

60

high risk

Critical Elements

10

unique elements used

High Risk Elements

1

score ≥ 70

Critical Dependencies

0

high-risk primary uses

Country Exposure

Average supply chain exposure across all critical elements used in this product.

China
37.5%
6 elems
Chile
3.6%
2 elems
Japan
2.6%
5 elems
South Korea
2.4%
3 elems
Peru
1.3%
1 elem
United States
1.2%
3 elems
Russia
1.2%
4 elems
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.1%
1 elem

Elements by Component

cells

Minimal(19)
SiAgSnIn63Ga88TeBP

frame

Minimal(0)
Al

electrical

Low(30)
Cu30

Element Dependencies

31Ga

Gallium

cells
Critical(88)
Overall Risk:88
China:96

CIGS thin-film cells

49In

Indium

cells
High(63)
Overall Risk:63
China:65

Alternative thin-film cells

29Cu

Copper

Primaryelectrical
Low(30)
Overall Risk:30
China:27

Junction box and wiring

14Si

Silicon

Primarycells
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Photovoltaic cells

47Ag

Silver

Primarycells
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Cell contacts and busbars

13Al

Aluminium

Primaryframe
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Frame and back contacts

50Sn

Tin

cells
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Cell interconnects solder

52Te

Tellurium

cells
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

CdTe thin-film cells

5B

Boron

cells
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Silicon doping

15P

Phosphorus

cells
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Silicon doping

Risk Distribution

Elements by Risk Level

critical1
high1
low1
minimal7

Usage Classification

Primary Use4
Secondary Use6

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