Exploring wooden materials in hybrid printed electronics: a holistic approach towards functional electronics with net zero carbon emissions (HyPELignum)

Programme

Horizon Europe

Project coordination

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB (SE)

Project partners

• Danube Private University
• Infineon
• PROFACTOR GmbH
• Holzforschung Austria
• Fachverband der Holzindustrie Österreichs
• Adler
• National Institute of Chemistry (Kemijski inštitut)
• The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
• Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

Researchers involved at DPU

• Assist. Prof. Dr. David Aspermair

Abstract

HyPELignum (Exploring wooden materials in hybrid printed electronics: a holistic approach towards functional electronics with net zero carbon emissions) is a EU-funded project which will combine Hybrid Printed Electronics and forest-based materials (Lignum) to develop consumer electronics with net zero carbon emissions. 

Aim: The fast-growing availability of low-cost consumer electronics is leading to increasingly high amount of electronic wastes. The EU-funded HyPELignum project seeks to demonstrate, via a holistic approach, that the combination of additive manufacturing, wood-based materials, abundant transition metals and advance sustainable assessment, can lead to the conceptualization and manufacturing of net-zero carbon electronics.

Activities include:

• Exploitation of wood-derived materials as core components of substrate and inks,
• Development of conductive inks based on abundant transition metals,
• Development of processes for the additive manufacturing of electronics and components (sensors, communication and energy storage units) and their integration in 3 demonstrators,
• Development of an energy-efficient microchip for systems management,
• Proposing new ways to recycle wood and recover electronic materials,
• Exploitation of sustainability analysis (life cycle, toxicity, and biodegradability) to propose a decision-making tool for the design of green and circular electronics

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