Revisiting the water-use efficiency performance for microelectronics manufacturing facilities: Using Taiwan’s Science Parks as a case study

Does Water, Waste, and Energy Consumption Influence Firm Performance? Panel Data Evidence from S&P 500 Information Technology Sector

“…Consequently, the econometric outcome failed to support Hypothesis 1. As new factories are assembled, they are motivated to integrate internal water recycling methods in order to prevent major costs of ecological conformity and modernization in the future [ 47 ]. Several companies from the Information Technology sector employed water recycling facilities, which put them in a good marketing place and gave them a confident corporate image.…”

“…Accordingly, the novelty of current paper emerges from approaching the technological sector, which reveals several distinct particularities. Product lifespan is commonly reduced, as new products with boosted performance continuously appear with superior complexity [ 47 ]. Hence, the generation of electronic waste has increased to 44.7 million metric tons yearly, being comparable to nearly 4500 Eiffel towers, whereas merely 20% of it is attested to be gathered and recycled [ 48 ].…”

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting: A review of adsorbents and systems

“…However, only 0.4% of the freshwater sources are readily available in the forms of lakes, soil moisture, atmospheric water vapors, wetlands, rivers, and biota i.e., 67.4%, 12.2%, 9.5%, 8.5%, 1.6%, and 0.8%, respectively [6]. The limited freshwater resources put more than half of the global population (about 4 billion people) in peril of constant water shortage [7,8]. According to a United Nations report, 31 countries are at the physical water stress threshold value (i.e., 25 to 70%), and 22 countries are above the physical water stress threshold value (i.e., >70%) [9].…”

On the non-bonding valence band and the electronic properties of poly(triazine imide), a graphitic carbon nitride

“…State-of-the-art semiconductor technology is based on rareearth metal doped silicon that requires a lot of energy and water for its manufacture and reaches its miniaturization limits. [1][2][3] In comparison, organic semiconductors are flexible, light-weight, cost-effective, and composed of earth-abundant materials. Due to their modularity, organic semiconductor materials can be tailored to have specific properties, including high carrier mobilities, low-cost fabrication, and low environmental impact.…”