# Silicon and Solar photovoltaics

Solar photovoltaics needs silicon.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/silicon-and-solar-photovoltaics/

[Silicon](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/silicon/) (commodity) and [Solar photovoltaics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_pv/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Material need

*Physical flow · Direct · Silicon → Solar photovoltaics*

Building or running Solar photovoltaics needs silicon.

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.