Emission Factor

Photovoltaic cell - ribbon-si (photovoltaic cell production - ribbon-Si)

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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 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 cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NamePhotovoltaic cell - ribbon-si (photovoltaic cell production - ribbon-Si)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectrical Equipment
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2004
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m2
LCA Activity
unknown
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
f9457dd9-9167-49cf-b401-bd430c009b36
Code Snippet
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