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Volume 4
Trends in Green Chemistry
ISSN: 2471-9889
Page 90
JOINT EVENT
Environmental Chemistry 2018 &
Green Technologies 2018
September 20-22, 2018
September 20-22, 2018 Berlin, Germany
&
7
th
Edition of International Conference on
Green Energy, Green Engineering and Technology
8
th
International Conference on
Environmental Chemistry and Engineering
Green electronics: Biodegradable, biocompatible, bioresorbable materials and devices for sustainable
future
Jung-Hun Seo
The State University of New York, USA
P
ortable electronics users tend to upgrade their devices much more frequently as new technologies offering more
functionality and more convenience become available. For example, cell phone users tend to buy new cellphones every 2
to 3 years. Thus, large quantities of working electronics are discarded constantly as new ones are available. A report published
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2012 showed that about 152 million mobile devices are discarded every year,
of which only 10 percent is recycled-a legacy of waste that consumes a tremendous amount of natural resources and produces
a lot of trash made from expensive and non-biodegradable materials like highly purified silicon. This will not only lead to a
large amount of consumption of our limited natural resources but also generate a large amount of waste that could pollute
our environment. Thus, it would be desirable to develop a technique for creating electronics using an alternative substrate
that is inexpensive and biodegradable or even compostable while maintaining high-performance standards. This will not
only drastically reduce the usage of Si but also reduce the accumulation of persistent waste. In recent years, there are several
attempts to overcome such issues by employing bio-compatible materials in substrate or device. Such devices or substrates are
made out of biodegradable or bioresorbable materials such as cellulose fibers, polymers. Thus, bio-degradable or resorbable
electronics will protect our environment by reducing the volume of electronic-waste.
junghuns@buffalo.eduTrends in Green chem 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9889-C2-012