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The activity generating the emissions is photovoltaic cell production, single-Si wafer. The Reference Product is photovoltaic cell, single-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. Single-Si, or monocrystalline silicon consists of one single continuous crystal. Single-Si cells are usually more efficient than multi-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/154/documentation

PropertyValue
NamePhotovoltaic cell - single-Si wafer (photovoltaic cell production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectrical Equipment
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Year
2004
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m2
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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