Photovoltaic cell - multi-Si wafer (photovoltaic cell production)
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The activity generating the emissions is photovoltaic cell production, multi-Si wafer. The reference product is photovoltaic cell, multi-Si wafer. This product represents 1 m2 of photovoltaic cell. A photovoltaic cell converts light into electricity and is used as the building block for large solar panels. Multi-Si, or polycrystalline silicon consists of many small silicon crystals compared to single-Si that consist of one single continuous crystal. Multi-Si cells are usually less efficient than single-Si photovoltaic cells The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/974/documentation.
Property | Value |
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Name | Photovoltaic cell - multi-Si wafer (photovoltaic cell production) |
Sector | Equipment |
Category | Electrical Equipment |
Source | ecoinvent |
Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
Region | |
Unit Type | |
Year | 2004 |
Year Released | 2024 |
Emission Factor |
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LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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