Increasing resource efficiency in the silicon carbide power market

我是一个充满激情的创新者在我的家族企业，先进炉技术（Aftech）。Aftech是一家以创新而闻名的工程和材料科学公司。例如，我们开发了新的石墨清洁、净化和涂层方法，大大提高了化合物半导体工业的效率。我也以身作则，通过支持女性在Aftech担任更高级的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，让他们担任更高技能的角色。我对公司的愿景是根据我们在化学气相沉积（CVD）和石墨清洁和净化方面的技术技能和科学专业知识，进入高增长领域，扩大规模，国际贸易，以及我们在英国和全球的影响。到目前为止，我已经获得了UKRI未来领导者奖学金，在那里我正在领导使用CVD技术开发一种新型碳化钽（TaC）涂层的石墨组件。通过合作，Aftech现在正在进入高增长的碳化硅（SiC）电力市场。这个想法是我的奖学金的后续项目，开发一种方法来去除在SiC半导体生长过程中积累的TaC石墨部分的化学沉积物。由于碳化硅供应链的不成熟，不存在等效的清洗方法。开发商业化的高通量工艺将延长TaC石墨部件的生命周期，并在SiC半导体供应链中引入相当大的效率，使SiC技术能够更快地发展，并满足可再生能源市场的高需求，例如电力运输，预计到2027年将增长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\.