Emission Factor

Multi-si wafer (multi-Si wafer production)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. 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 cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameMulti-si wafer (multi-Si wafer production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectronics
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1992
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m2
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 15c2cad4-80c1-4f90-83c8-1093536591e4

API Reference

Activity ID
electronics-type_multi_si_wafer_multi_si_wafer_production
UUID
b92143e8-6ec6-4b58-8950-60f7b8afc5fe
Code Snippet
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