Evaluating the environmental impacts of a nano-enhanced field emission display using life cycle assessment: A screening-level study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1194-1205

  Upadhyayula, Venkata K K ^a   Meyer, David E ^b   Curran, Mary Ann ^b   Gonzalez, Michael A ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY(LCD); METAL PREPARATION; PASTE COMPOSITION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STAGES; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

CATHODE RAY TUBES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; RAPESEED OIL;

COMMERCIALIZATION; DISPERSION; EMISSION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EVALUATION STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; IMAGE QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84892683391     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4034638     Document Type: Article

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