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- **Posted:** 2023-05-01T18:19:37.000+00:00
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The wood electrochemical transistor (WECT) itself was made out of special conductive wood. To create this type of wood, they had to remove a component called lignin and then replace it with a conducting polymer. Next, they used three pieces of this conductive wood to create the WECT.

However, silicon can rest easy — there’s no way that the WECT will replace the silicon transistors anytime soon, or even ever.

For one, it’s way too big. Silicon transistors are measured in nanometers, but the WECT measures 3 centimeters. It also only has a switching frequency of just under a hertz. Not a megahertz, not a gigahertz, but just a hertz. Today’s technology requires much more power from its transistors.

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