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Stefano Cucurachi

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Applicability and Sustainability of Disinfection of Medical Consumables through UV-C Radiation

A case study at the intensive care unit of the Leiden University Medical Centre

Climate change and resource scarcity are putting increasing pressure on healthcare systems, making it essential to reduce the sector’s environmental impact. In Dutch hospitals, particularly Intensive Care Units (ICUs), large volumes of unused but contaminated medical consumables ...
World Bank data from 2023 indicates that 75% of the global population resides in middle-income countries, mostly in the Global South. Improved living standards in these regions have led to increased consumption and environmental impacts, including pollution, land use changes, and ...
Harnessing wave energy from the world’s oceans provides an enormous chance to fulfil substantial parts of the energy transition’s demand for electricity from renewable sources. The technology that makes this possible is wave energy converters (WECs) - offshore structures that can ...

Recovering critical raw materials from end-of-life multi-junction III-V/silicon solar cells

A criticality assessment of gallium, indium and silicon for large scale production of multi-junction III-V/silicon solar cells and an assessment of the environmental impacts and economic feasibility of recycling end-of-life multi-junction III-V/silicon solar panels

This thesis studies the criticality of gallium, indium and silicon for a 1GWp production of III-V/silicon solar cells and assesses the environmental impacts and economic costs \& benefits of a recycling process for these solar cells. III-V/silicon is an emerging solar cell te ...

Newspaper coverage of the Dutch nitrogen debate

Uncovering differences in framing and actor portrayal

In May 2019 the Dutch permit system for nitrogen deposition was taken down for not abiding by EU legislation, which resulted in a large debate surrounding nature conservation. I researched the manner in which various newspapers portray this debate to their respective readers, in ...