Biobased materials for sustainable printed circuit boards
- Oladele A Ogunseitan ,
- Julie M Schoenung ,
- Johnny Lincoln ,
- Bichlien Nguyen ,
- Karin Strauss ,
- Kali Frost ,
- Eric Schwartz ,
- Haoyang He ,
- Maryam Ibrahim
Nature Reviews Materials |
Electronic waste, with printed circuit boards (PCBs) at its heart, is the fastest-growing category of hazardous solid waste in the world. New materials, in particular biobased materials, show great promise in solving some of the sustainability and toxicity problems associated with PCBs, although several challenges still prevent their practical application.