Increasing resource efficiency in the silicon carbide power market

在我的家族企业先进熔炉技术(Aftech)中，我是一名充满激情的创新者。Aftech是一家以创新著称的工程和材料科学公司。例如，我们开发了新的石墨清洁、提纯和涂层方法，大大提高了化合物半导体行业的效率。我还以身作则，通过支持女性担任Aftech的更高职位来改变行业标准。例如，通过STEM科学学位和再培训我们有能力和聪明的技术人员担任更高技能的角色。我对公司的愿景是进入高增长行业，与我们在化学气相沉积(CVD)和石墨清洁和提纯方面的技术技能和科学专长保持一致，在规模、国际贸易以及我们可以在英国和全球产生的影响方面扩大规模。到目前为止，我已经获得了UKRI未来领导者奖学金，在那里我领导着一种使用CVD技术在石墨部件上涂覆碳化钽(TAC)的新型涂层的开发。通过该奖学金，Aftech现在正在进入增长非常快的碳化硅(SIC)电力市场。这个想法是我的奖学金的后续项目，目的是开发一种方法，从碳化硅半导体生长过程中积累的TAC石墨部件中去除化学沉积物。由于碳化硅供应链的不成熟，没有同等的清洁方法存在。开发一种商业化、高产量的工艺将延长TAC石墨部件的生命周期，并在碳化硅半导体供应链中引入相当高的效率，使碳化硅技术能够更快地发展，并满足可再生能源市场的高需求，如电力运输，预计到2027年，可再生能源市场将增长40%。

I am a passionate innovator in my family business, Advanced Furnace Technology (Aftech). Aftech is an engineering and materials science company with a reputation for innovation. For example, we have developed novel graphite cleaning, purification and coating methods that have considerably increased efficiency in the compound semiconductor industry. I am also leading by example and changing industry standards by championing women into more senior positions in Aftech. For example, through STEM science degrees and retraining our capable and bright technicians for more highly skilled roles.My vision for the company is moving into high growth sectors in line with our technical skills and scientific expertise in both chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and graphite cleaning and purification, to scale in terms of size, international trading, and the impact that we can make in the UK and globally. So far along the journey I have been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, where I am leading the development of a novel tantalum carbide (TaC) coating of graphite components using CVD techniques. Through the fellowship, Aftech is now moving into the very high growth silicon carbide (SiC) power market.The idea is a follow-on project from my fellowship to develop a method for removing chemical deposits from the TaC graphite parts that accumulate during SiC semiconductor growth. Due to the immaturity of the SiC supply chain, no equivalent cleaning method exists. Developing a commercial, high throughput process would extend the lifecycle of TaC graphite parts and introduce considerable efficiency in the SiC semiconductor supply chain, enabling SiC technology to evolve more quickly and meet the high demands of renewable energy markets, such as electric transport, which is expected to grow \>40% by 2027\.