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Photovoltaic laminate - CIS (photovoltaic laminate production)

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The activity generating the emissions is photovoltaic laminate production, CIS. The Reference Product is photovoltaic laminate, CIS. This product represents 1 m2 of photovoltaic laminate. A photovoltaic laminate combines many photovoltaic cells with several layers of glass and plastic to protect the cells and improve their longevity. This represents a thin-film solar laminate using CIS as photovoltaic material. Thin-film solar cells are made by depositing photovoltaic material on a substrate like glass, plastic or metal. CIS, also CIGS use copper indium gallium selenide as photovoltaic material. 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/1255/documentation

PropertyValue
NamePhotovoltaic laminate - CIS (photovoltaic laminate production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectrical Equipment
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1998
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m2
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electrical_equipment-type_photovoltaic_laminate_cis_photovoltaic_laminate_production_cis
UUID
8c088367-7461-4d3c-85ef-8d158ab89b9d
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