Perspective on emerging materials for high voltage applications

The Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C. [1]. To reach these ambitious goals, all industries are seeking ways to reduce the greenhouse gas (e.g., carbon dioxide) that is responsible for global warming. In this context, the future of high voltage power industry calls for green or sustainable materials and technologies. Metals are the easiest materials to recycle while thermoset polymers and their composites are difficult to recycle because of their covalently cross-linked network structure. In the coming decades, the continuous development and the wide industrial adoption of the following green or sustainable polymers and technologies are highly anticipated.