GREEN, ORGANIC AND PRINTED ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGSbroad
GRETA · Horizon Europe grant · 2025-01-01–2028-12-31
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC · topic HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04. CORDIS record →
Objective
GRETA will lay the foundation of the first green, printed and flexible organic wireless identification tag operating at Ultra-High Frequency (UHF, 300 MHz – 1 GHz). The long-term vision is to enable remote powering and readout of tags up to meters distance range, as required in logistics and security, without the need of a battery and with drastically reduced lifecycle impact and costing with respect to any available passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. To achieve such overarching goal, GRETA aims at groundbreaking progress along two specific complementary actions:- Action 1: Removing present barriers preventing sustainability of printed organic electronics, by tackling the most environmental and economically impactful aspects, yet seldom addressed, of organics synthesis and processing.- Action 2: Demonstrating unprecedented UHF operation of printed organic electronics.Measurable objectives of GRETA are: Objective 1. Green synthesis and development of sustainable and biodegradable materials (Action 1); Objective 2. Sustainable inks formulations for large-area printing tools (Action 1); Objective 3. UHF electronics based on sustainable printed organic semiconductors (Action 2); Objective 4. Enable an eco-designed, printed UHF wireless tag with sustainable lifecycle. Objective 4 is dedicated to demonstrators of the entire effort: GRETA UHF tag, demonstrating rectification of a 400 MHz wave to enable a code generator, and GRETA UHF logic, demonstrating a sustainable printed integrated 4-bit shift register. GRETA perfectly matches the scope of the Call as it serves emerging digitalization needs in logistics, healthcare and security without adding e-waste, independent from the silicon industry and from any critical raw material, and delivering safe materials for the environment. GRETA will quantify its drastically reduced environmental impact with a full LCA, along a cradle-to-grave approach, anticipating end-of-life scenarios.
Beneficiaries (7)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | IT | coordinator | €1,396,729 | |
| UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA | IT | participant | €656,000 | |
| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | NL | participant | €469,505 | |
| ASSOCIACAO ALMASCIENCE - INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM CELULOSE PARA APLICACOES INTELIGENTES E SUSTENTAVEIS | PT | participant | €423,604 | |
| UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU FAKULTET TEHNICKIH NAUKA | RS | participant | €401,500 | |
| UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE | BE | participant | €297,875 | |
| FLEXENABLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | UK | associatedPartner | — | Yes |
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