It is therefore the goal of Head of Laboratory Georg Pfusterschmied and his team at the new Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Silicon Carbide Technology at TU Wien, supported by commercial partners EV Group E. Thallner GmbH and Umicore SA, to pave the way for a significant increase in the market share of SiC-based components by enabling multiple use and thus sustainable use of already available SiC substrates by means of a novel layer transfer technology: Basic research on the underlying key technologies such as porosification, compactification and heterogeneous integration of SiC will be the main research blocks of this CD Laboratory.
Pictured from left to right: Filip Delalieux (Umicore, Director Of Innovation), Viorel Dragoi (EV Group, Chief Scientist), CDG President Martin Gerzabek, Ulrich Schmid (TU Wien, Head of Institute of Sensor and Actuator Systems), Head of Laboratory Georg Pfusterschmied, Ben Depuydt (Umicore, Sr. Technology and Business Development Manager), Johannes Fröhlich (TU Wien, Vice Rector Research and Innovation), Norbert Görtz (TU Wien, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology).
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Press release (TU Wien)
New CD Laboratory dedicated to promising compound semiconductor
02.03.2023: For power electronic components, such as those of modern electric cars or fast charging stations, the compound semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) is of particular interest, as SiC-based devices are both smaller and lighter due to their properties compared to their silicon counterparts, and also have a more efficient energy conversion. However, the production of SiC is extremely complex, resulting in limited availability of high-quality substrates, high material costs and a small market share.
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