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Organic Materials for Green Electronics
Published in Neha Kanwar Rawat, Iuliana Stoica, A. K. Haghi, Green Polymer Chemistry and Composites, 2021
G. Vidya, Saravanan Subbiahraj, Praveen C. Ramamurthy
In this chapter, we have presented the Green synthesis methodology and applications of naturally occurring semiconducting biomaterials in organic electronics. Synthesis strategies presented here are based on small energy intensity, with the negligible release of unwanted or toxic waste, and at little cost. Overall studies demonstrate that by the introduction of green chemistry to the synthesis of organic semiconductors as the most applicable way to diminish the environmental hazardous associated on the manufacturing of OLEDs, OSCs, OFETs, etc. Green electronics or it is called as sustainable electronics consist of nature-inspired or biocompatible substrates, electrodes, dielectrics, organic semiconducting materials are now available, and these are useful for making optoelectronic devices. This interdisciplinary field suggests that there is plenty of scope between the synthetic chemists and device scientists involved in the process development support to produce energy using novel devices and are designed based on Green practices.
Life-Cycle Thinking and Sustainable Design for Emerging Consumer Electronic Product Systems
Published in Rachel Beth Egenhoefer, Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design, 2017
Erinn G. Ryen, Callie W. Babbitt, Alex Lobos
The strategies needed to ensure that future sustainable electronic product design can be realized cannot happen in isolation. Concurrent changes in enabling systems, like policy, process improvement, and design education are also required. For example, policy mechanisms that encourage green design through requirements that companies procure sustainable electronics (e.g., EPEAT purchasing standards) must also be coupled with institutional best practices in disposing of these devices at end of life so that they enter proper reuse or recycling streams (Babbitt et al. 2011). Similarly, the current extended producer responsibility policy landscape in the United States can at best be described as a “patchwork,” where only a fraction of states have implemented an e-waste law with recycling targets (Ogunseitan et al. 2009). More clear and consistent voluntary and mandatory policy instruments are required to span the life cycle challenges of consumer electronics.
Sustainable electronics product design and manufacturing: State of art review
Published in International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 2021
Sustainable electronics product design and manufacturing is essential as the manufacturers are concentrating on developing environmentally friendlier products (Vinodh et al. 2017). Electronics industry significantly contributes to the economic progress of a country (Singh et al. 2018b). The contemporary electronics manufacturers have been implementing sustainability principles to achieve improvements in ecological, financial and social aspects. The sustainability of processes/products needs to be concentrated to produce environmentally friendlier products. Tischner and Hora (2019) discussed that the need for sustainable electronic product design starts with demand and can be accomplished by exploring sustainable eco-efficient solutions. The authors stressed on usage of sustainable materials, reduction in energy consumption, design for recycling, and producing less toxic items. Recent studies have emphasised the applicability of sustainable design, manufacturing and disposal strategies for electronic products (Seker (2020); Ilbahar, Cebi, and Kahraman (2020) and Thomas (2020)).