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Towards Green Electronics in Europe
Watch the Digital Cellulose Center’s webinar on Green Electronics in Europe with Dagmawi Belaineh from RISE. Dagmawi presents the main takeaways from the White Paper “ECS Sustainability and Environmental Footprint,” authored by the European Association on Smart System Integration (EPoSS). The White Paper addresses the sustainability and environmental impact of electronic components and systems (ECS) within Europe and provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art in green ECS and the...
How will the PFAS directive impact electronics
There is a strive to phase out PFAS chemicals since they are highly persistent and accumulate in nature. How will the PFAS directive affect the electronics industry? RISE Research Institutes of Sweden's PFAS expert, Lisa Skedung, joined the Digital Cellulose Center Seminars to give a talk about PFAS and the broad restriction proposal that is now being evaluated by ECHA committees and how it may affect the electronics industry. Watch Lisa Skedung's talk, where she introduces PFAS chemicals and...
Digital Cellulose Center’s webinar series
Join the Digital Cellulose Center's webinar series this autumn on topics such as green electronics, PEFAS in electronics, and 3-D printing for electronics. The vision of the Digital Cellulose Center (DCC) is to make lignocellulose-based products an integral part of a sustainable, digital society. The research and development is targeting biobased and green electronics. The DCC seminars are lifting challenges and opportunities faced by the electronics, energy storage, and biorefinery...
New partners: Norrköping Science Park and ParsNord
Norrköping Science Park and ParsNord join the Digital Cellulose Center as new partners, contributing to shaping an innovation cluster within digital cellulose and creating new sustainable energy storage solutions. "We are very excited for Norrköping Science Park (NOSP) and ParsNord to join the Digital Cellulose Center as partners," says Ursula Hass, Centre Director at Digital Cellulose Center. "NOSP's participation represents a new step towards developing a research-based innovation cluster...
Bio-based moisture sensors for wood
Researchers from the Digital Cellulose Center have developed a bio-based sensor that can detect both humidity and moisture inside the wood, as well as in the surrounding area. Using these sensors can lead to more sustainable buildings as well as help prevent moisture damage and hazardous mold. "These sensors can lead to more sustainable wooden buildings and other constructions without relying on critical materials. At the same time, they become easy to handle at end of life, since they do not...
New industrial partners within flow batteries: Cellfion, Rivus, and Redox.me
The Digital Cellulose Center is proud to announce that the companies Cellfion, Rivus, and Redox.me have joined the Center as new industrial partners. They will contribute to the research and development of sustainable energy storage solutions, focusing on flow batteries.“The increased production of electronics and the energy crisis highlights the urgency for new sustainable solutions to store energy,” says Ursula Hass, Centre Director at Digital Cellulose Center. “Exciting new research within...
Clean energy – Osmotic energy generator with nanocellulose membrane
Researchers within the Digital Cellulose Center have found a new way to create clean energy by developing cost-effective and recyclable nanocellulose membranes for osmotic energy generators. The developed proof-of-concept osmotic power generators based on the new membranes show high power density and long-term working stability. Hongli Yang is a doctoral student at the Digital Cellulose Center. Her latest research is within osmotic energy - a renewable energy form generated from salinity...
Paper battery – Renewable energy storage for buildings
Researchers from the Digital Cellulose Center have developed a paper supercapacitor that can store renewable energy on a large scale. New research shows that the energy storage capacity of the paper battery is as efficient as conventional commercial supercapacitors. In the future, the energy storage device could be used in the construction of buildings to store energy on-site sustainably as well as insulate it."The energy demand will only increase, and we need new technologies to store...
Conductive organic ink – promising for storing solar energy
A new study from the Digital Cellulose Center demonstrates a method of printing sustainable, large-scale supercapacitors using cellulose, conducting polymers and carbonaceous materials. The new material shows promise for solar energy storage. Compared to previous findings, this method reduces costs by 90 percent while the capacitance was increased by 40 times.The new study from researchers within the Digital Cellulose Center shows that the combination of cellulose, PEDOT:PSS and carbon...
The DCC’s Vinnova evaluation: “Pioneering excellence and potentially revolutionary”
Vinnova has made a directional decision to continue financing The Digital Cellulose Center (DCC) for another five years. The Vinnova five-year evaluation states: “The pioneering excellence of the DCC is promising and potentially revolutionary for the forest sector.” “We are all within DCC really happy about the positive result from Vinnova and the international evaluation group, and that they are highlighting the promising impact of the digital transformation”, says Centre Director Ursula...