REC²: Responsible Electronics in the Climate Change Era

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Prof. Yana Vaynzof, Speaker of REC²

“REC² sets the foundation for the electronics of the future. Together, our interdisciplinary team of natural scientists, engineers, social and environmental scientists, economists, and experts in resource management and recycling develops electronic technologies that are not only efficient but also responsible to society and the environment.”

Our vision

The central objective of REC² is to catalyse a paradigm shift in electronics by placing ecological, social, and economic sustainability on equal footing with technological performance throughout the full lifecycle of electronic devices.

Electronics offer numerous advantages for our lives, but at the cost of enormous resource and energy consumption and the generation of electronic waste. The REC² cluster creates the scientific basis for the electronics of the future: new material platforms, component concepts and integrated systems with which responsible electronics can be realized in an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable way.

Key Facts

25 PIs from 9 Disciplines
20 Individuals as Cooperation Partners
14 Institutional Cooperation Partners

Further exciting insights

New electronic technologies for a sustainable future

Prof. Yana Vaynzof explores innovative semiconductor materials that can be processed into highly efficient solar cells. With the REC² Cluster of Excellence initiative, she and her team are striving to create the scientific basis for the next generation of electronics.