Increasing resource efficiency in the silicon carbide power market

提高碳化硅电力市场的资源效率

• 批准号: 10020336
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: ADVANCED FURNACE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10020336
• 关键词: Increasing; resource; efficiency; silicon; carbide

I am a passionate innovator in my family business, Advanced Furnace Technology (Aftech). Aftech is an engineering and materials science company with a reputation for innovation. For example, we have developed novel graphite cleaning, purification and coating methods that have considerably increased efficiency in the compound semiconductor industry. I am also leading by example and changing industry standards by championing women into more senior positions in Aftech. For example, through STEM science degrees and retraining our capable and bright technicians for more highly skilled roles.My vision for the company is moving into high growth sectors in line with our technical skills and scientific expertise in both chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and graphite cleaning and purification, to scale in terms of size, international trading, and the impact that we can make in the UK and globally. So far along the journey I have been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, where I am leading the development of a novel tantalum carbide (TaC) coating of graphite components using CVD techniques. Through the fellowship, Aftech is now moving into the very high growth silicon carbide (SiC) power market.The idea is a follow-on project from my fellowship to develop a method for removing chemical deposits from the TaC graphite parts that accumulate during SiC semiconductor growth. Due to the immaturity of the SiC supply chain, no equivalent cleaning method exists. Developing a commercial, high throughput process would extend the lifecycle of TaC graphite parts and introduce considerable efficiency in the SiC semiconductor supply chain, enabling SiC technology to evolve more quickly and meet the high demands of renewable energy markets, such as electric transport, which is expected to grow \>40% by 2027\.

我是我的家族企业 Advanced Furnace Technology (Aftech) 的一位充满热情的创新者。 Aftech 是一家以创新闻名的工程和材料科学公司。例如，我们开发了新型石墨清洁、纯化和涂层方法，大大提高了化合物半导体行业的效率。我还以身作则，通过支持女性在 Aftech 担任更高级的职位来改变行业标准。例如，通过 STEM 科学学位，对我们有能力、聪明的技术人员进行再培训，让他们担任更高技能的角色。我对公司的愿景是，根据我们在化学气相沉积 (CVD) 和石墨方面的技术技能和科学专业知识，进入高增长领域清洁和净化，在规模、国际贸易以及我们在英国和全球范围内产生的影响方面扩大规模。迄今为止，我已获得 UKRI 未来领袖奖学金，负责使用 CVD 技术开发一种新型石墨组件碳化钽 (TaC) 涂层。通过该奖学金，Aftech 现在正在进入高速增长的碳化硅 (SiC) 电力市场。这个想法是我奖学金的后续项目，旨在开发一种方法，用于去除 SiC 半导体过程中积累的 TaC 石墨部件中的化学沉积物生长。由于SiC供应链不成熟，不存在等效的清洁方法。开发商业化的高产量工艺将延长 TaC 石墨部件的生命周期，并在 SiC 半导体供应链中引入相当大的效率，使 SiC 技术能够更快地发展并满足可再生能源市场的高需求，例如电力运输，这是预计到 2027 年将增长 >40%。