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    Potential of Commercial Wood-Based Materials as PCB Substrate

    Year: 2022

    Journal: Materials, Volume 15, APR

    Authors: Immonen, Kirsi; Lyytikainen, Johanna; Keranen, Janne; Eiroma, Kim; Suhonen, Mika; Vikman, Minna; Leminen, Ville; Valimaki, Marja; Hakola, Liisa

    Organizations: Business Finland project ECOtronics [1423/31/2019]

    Keywords: cellulose; veneer; printed circuit board; fire retardant; screen printing; biodegradation

    In our research on sustainable solutions for printed electronics, we are moving towards renewable materials in applications, which can be very challenging from the performance perspective, such as printed circuit boards (PCB). In this article, we examine the potential suitability of wood-based materials, such as cardboard and veneer, as substrate materials for biodegradable solutions instead of the commonly used glass-fiber reinforced epoxy. Our substrate materials were coated with fire retardant materials for improved fire resistance and screen printed with conductive silver ink. The print quality, electrical conductivity, fire performance and biodegradation were evaluated. It was concluded that if the PCB application allows manufacturing using screen printing instead of an etching process, there is the potential for these materials to act as substrates in, e.g., environmental analytics applications.
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