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Photovoltaic cell - ribbon-Si (photovoltaic cell production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is photovoltaic cell production, ribbon-Si. The Reference Product is photovoltaic cell, ribbon-Si. 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. Ribbon cells are crystallized directly from the silicon melt, thus no sawing losses occur as they do in other cell production. 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/3740/documentation

PropertyValue
NamePhotovoltaic cell - ribbon-Si (photovoltaic cell production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectrical Equipment
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2004
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_cell_ribbon_si_photovoltaic_cell_production_ribbon_si
UUID
c3a88f4b-39fa-4fc6-ab56-9f18dce8ebec
Code Snippet
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