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| Location | CN |
| Geographical representativeness description | Environmental effects of China's solar photovoltaic industry during2011e2016: A life cycle assessment approach |
| Reference year | 2017 |
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| Use advice for data set | When utilizing the life cycle inventory (LCI) data for the described process, users should ensure that they are applying this information within the context of photovoltaic module production, specifically for multi-crystalline silicon PV cells from 2011 to 2016 in China. It is important to account for technological changes over the time period and to consider geographical specificity when interpreting results. Careful attention should also be given to the boundaries of the study, ensuring that recycling processes, where applicable, are included, and that use-phase behavior of the PV systems, including energy output and degradation rates, is accurately modeled based on the available literature. |
| Technical purpose of product or process | The described industrial process involves slicing ingots of multi-crystalline silicon (multi-Si) to produce wafers for photovoltaic (PV) modules. Each PV module is part of a larger solar energy system, with a focus on a 1 kWp system that incorporates five individual 200 W modules, each composed of 54 multi-Si cells. These cells have dimensions of 156 x 156 mm2 and possess an efficiency of 16%. The process is therefore crucial for the manufacturing of PV panels, which are used in the solar power industry to capture and convert solar energy into electricity. |
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| General comment on data set | Multi-Si |
| Copyright | No |
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| Functional Unit | In this paper, a 1 kWp solar PV system consisting of five 200 Wmodules made of 54 multi-Si cells, each with a size of 156*156 mm2 and 16% efficiency, was used as the primary study object |
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| Time representativeness description | Available online |
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| Technology description including background system | Ingot breaker is used to slice the ingot |
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