New Energy

The rapid development of the global economy and industrial level has led to a sharp increase in energy demand. Traditional fossil energy produce a large amount of carbon dioxide during the production, conversion and use, and the climate problems caused by it has increasingly threatened global ecological security. Therefore, new energy that can replace traditional energy, such as solar, geothermal energy, wind energy, marine energy, biomass energy and nuclear fusion energy, which need to be developed and utilized. As a material with conductivity between conductors and insulators, semiconductors play a non-negligible role in the development and utilization of new energy.

New Energy Markets

New energy markets include photovoltaic and new energy vehicles, and their development is inseparable from the application of semiconductors.

• Photovoltaic
  Photovoltaic is a power generation system that converts solar radiation energy into electrical energy by photoelectric of semiconductor materials. Photovoltaic consists of several components, including solar panels to absorb and directly convert sunlight into electricity, a solar inverter to transform direct current to alternating current , as well as mounting, cabling and others. The heart of the photovoltaic is the solar panel. Monocrystalline silicon, polysilicon, amorphous silicon, and cadmium telluride are critical semiconductor materials used in solar panel. Benefiting from the photoelectric effect of these semiconductor materials, photovoltaic has the advantages of no fuel consumption, no emission and no noise. Photovoltaic is a promising power generation system and will replace traditional power generation system in the future.

• New Energy Vehicles

New energy vehicles (NEVs) such as battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) are partially or wholly powered by electricity. New energy vehicles generally use high-voltage circuits and require a large number of direct current-alternating current inverters, transformers, converters, etc., which are made based on semiconductor devices, such as insulated gate bipolar transistors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, and diodes.

In addition, the high demand of semiconductors for new energy vehicles stems from their intelligent upgrades, including intelligent driving, Internet of Things, in-vehicle sensing systems, etc., which are inseparable from semiconductor technologies such as digital chips, sensor chips and memory chips. The trend of intellectualization and electrification of new energy vehicles is bound to drive the value of automotive semiconductors to increase.

Semiconductors in New Energy

As of April 22, 2021, more than 120 countries around the world have successively announced carbon neutrality goals, and new energy is an inevitable choice to achieve carbon neutrality. The acquisition, control, and application of new energy rely on semiconductor power generation materials, power semiconductors, and heterogeneous chip full self-drive, respectively. The application of semiconductors in the new energy industry will create a healthier living environment for human beings.

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