Emission Factor
Single-Si wafer - photovoltaic (single-Si wafer production)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is single-Si wafer production, photovoltaic. The Reference Product is single-Si wafer, photovoltaic. This product represents 1 m2 of single-Si wafer used to produce photovoltaic cells. Wafers are round disks cut from pure silicon ingots. Single-Si, or monocrystalline silicon consists of one single continuous crystal. Single-Si cells are usually more efficient than multi-Si photovoltaic cells. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/291/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Single-Si wafer - photovoltaic (single-Si wafer production) |
| Sector | Equipment |
| Category | Electronics |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 1992 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
electronics-type_single_si_wafer_photovoltaic_single_si_wafer_production_photovoltaic
UUID
12d970fe-7bcc-4c95-8de4-35f13571b25c
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