Emission Factor
Multi-Si wafer (production)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is multi-Si wafer production. The Reference Product is multi-Si wafer. This product represents 1 m2 of multi-Si wafer used to produce photovoltaic cells. Wafers are round disks cut from pure silicon ingots. 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 transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8877/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Multi-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_multi_si_wafer_multi_si_wafer_production
UUID
484990e4-cb56-40ed-978d-588d899db193
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