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<div class="csl-entry">Glaser, S., Feuchter, P., & Diaz, A. (2023). Looking beyond energy efficiency - Environmental aspects and impacts of WBG devices and applications over their life cycle. In <i>2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’23 ECCE Europe)</i> (pp. 1–11). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264531</div>
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dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/194849
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dc.description.abstract
The environmental aspects and impacts of wide bandgap (WBG) materials such as Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) in specific end-use electronic applications and products have not yet been fully investigated. The design trade-offs and comparison of WBG with classic Silicon based technology for the same applications, with a life cycle thinking perspective, are only starting to emerge. In general, policy-makers are unaware of the impacts and benefits of WBG semiconductor devices, and governments normally have limited access to independent and well-founded expertise in this field. Therefore, it is challenging for policy makers to foresee and evaluate the future impacts and benefits of this technology. With increased knowledge and evidence it will be possible to consider appropriate policy responses. This PECTA research is following a life cycle thinking perspective, which covers three relevant life cycle stages of WBG technology 1) the raw material supply and manufacturing of WBG components; 2) the design effects of WBG on applications and their use, and 3) the End of life (EoL) of WBG semiconductor devices, specially looking at fate, and availability (or criticality) of SiC and GaN. The different elements of the research methodology and selected results, especially considering the energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), are discussed along these three relevant life cycle stages. Some additional information on impacts e.g., in the distribution phase are also included. Supporting the development towards a circular economy, recommendations for policy-makers are presented. Results from this PECTA research are also more extensively documented in recent publications [1,2].
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dc.description.sponsorship
4E Implementing Agreement - Annex PECTA
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dc.language.iso
en
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dc.rights.uri
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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dc.subject
Wide bandgap
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dc.subject
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
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dc.subject
Gallium Nitride (GaN)
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dc.subject
Environment
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dc.subject
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
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dc.subject
energy efficiency
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dc.subject
Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
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Global Warming Potential (GWP)
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End of life (EoL)
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dc.subject
criticality
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critical raw material (CRM)
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dc.title
Looking beyond energy efficiency - Environmental aspects and impacts of WBG devices and applications over their life cycle
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dc.type
Inproceedings
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dc.type
Konferenzbeitrag
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dc.rights.license
Urheberrechtsschutz
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dc.rights.license
In Copyright
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dc.contributor.affiliation
ECODESIGN Company Engineering & Management Consultancy GmbH, Austria
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dc.relation.isbn
978-9-0758-1541-2
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dc.relation.doi
10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023
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dc.description.startpage
1
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dc.description.endpage
11
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dc.relation.grantno
Task-B_Work_Agreement_form_15_10_2020
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dc.rights.holder
4E Energy Efficient End-Use Equipment - IEA Technology Collaboration Programme
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dc.type.category
Full-Paper Contribution
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tuw.booktitle
2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe)
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tuw.relation.publisher
IEEE
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tuw.relation.publisherplace
Piscataway
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tuw.project.title
PECTA “Energy and environmental related Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)”
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tuw.researchTopic.id
E3
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Climate Neutral, Renewable and Conventional Energy Supply Systems
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tuw.researchTopic.value
100
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tuw.publication.orgunit
E307-01-2 - Forschungsgruppe Ecodesign
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tuw.publisher.doi
10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264531
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dc.description.numberOfPages
11
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dc.rights.identifier
Urheberrechtsschutz
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dc.rights.identifier
In Copyright
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tuw.event.name
25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications
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tuw.event.startdate
04-09-2023
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tuw.event.enddate
08-09-2023
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tuw.event.online
Hybrid
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tuw.event.type
Event for scientific audience
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tuw.event.place
Aalborg
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tuw.event.country
DK
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tuw.event.presenter
Glaser, Sebastian
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tuw.event.presenter
Feuchter, Philipp
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wb.sciencebranch
Maschinenbau
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wb.sciencebranch
Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Informationstechnik
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wb.sciencebranch.oefos
2030
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wb.sciencebranch.oefos
2020
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wb.sciencebranch.value
60
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wb.sciencebranch.value
40
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item.openaccessfulltext
Open Access
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item.grantfulltext
open
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Publications
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application/pdf
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http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794
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item.languageiso639-1
en
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item.openairetype
conference paper
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with Fulltext
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crisitem.project.funder
4E Implementing Agreement - Annex PECTA
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crisitem.project.grantno
Task-B_Work_Agreement_form_15_10_2020
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crisitem.author.dept
E307-01-2 - Forschungsgruppe Ecodesign
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crisitem.author.dept
E307-01-2 - Forschungsgruppe Ecodesign
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crisitem.author.dept
ECODESIGN Company Engineering & Management Consultancy GmbH, Austria
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crisitem.author.parentorg
E307-01 - Forschungsbereich Konstruktionslehre, Fördertechnik und Ecodesign
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crisitem.author.parentorg
E307-01 - Forschungsbereich Konstruktionslehre, Fördertechnik und Ecodesign