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Ania Servant Knowledge Exchange Fellow, National Graphene Institute

GRAPHENE COMMERCIALISATION Beyond the sticky tape…..

Graphene Superlatives  thinnest imaginable material  strongest material ever measured (theoretical limit)  stiffest known material (stiffer than diamond)  most stretchable crystal (up to 20% elastically)  record thermal conductivity (outperforming diamond)  highest current density at room T (million times of those in copper)  highest intrinsic mobility (100 times more than in Si)  conducts electricity in the limit of no electrons  lightest charge carriers (zero rest mass)  longest mean free path at room T (micron range)  most impermeable (even He atoms cannot squeeze through)  ……?

Tremendous applications… Ultra-fast internet Mega-fast uploads. We're talking a whole terabit in just one second.

Plug your phone in for five seconds and it would be all charged up.

Graphene could pave the way for bionic devices in living tissues that could be connected directly to your neurons. So people with spinal injuries, for example, could re-learn how to use their limbs.

Graphene properties  Morphological  Surface area – 1gr = 2630 m 2  Aspect ratio varies – typically 2 for solvent exfoliation  Optical  Transparent to light (97.7 %) and electrons  Mechanical  Stiffness = 1 Tpa  Strength = 130 GPa  Chemica l  Easily functionalised  Processable

How to make graphene Assembly of a nanostructure from Production by removing elements from a large starting material. smaller elements.

The Graphene family A E B CVD Graphite (Gt) Graphene (Gr) Graphene C D Reduced Graphene Graphene oxide Oxide (RGO) (GO)

Producing Graphene

Mechanical Electrical Optical Permeability Thermal Surface area Biocompatibility conductivity Heat sink for • Rollable epaper semi- • Foldable OLED display CVD conductors • Touch screen graphene • Wound dressing Barrier coating for Electromagnetic management cupper connects in shield layer Biomaterials for • electronics Chemical regenerative medicine sensors Conductive ink • ‘smart’ biomaterials • Packaging • Drug delivery Ultra fast Structural • Toys • Medical devices laser composites • Smart items Scaffold for tissue • Conductive layer engineering Electrodes for • Solar cells/PV batteries and Platelets • Smart windows super- Conductive filler for composites capacitors Barrier coating Healthcare • Anti corrosion in Electromagnetic Aerospace, defence structure shield coating or Additive for Packaging • Food packaging composites heat Electronics dissipation in Sensors ‘smart’ Conductive filler for hydrogel polymers hydrogels Composites composites Membranes GO composites • Drug delivery systems Energy storage • Solvent/gas purification for contact • Regenerative medicine Biosensors • Separation/dessalination • Tissue engineering lenses

Graphene application sectors Healthcare 2% 3% Aerospace & defence 2% Electronics, optoelectronics 15% 12% and semi-conductors Energy Storage 17% Automotive 27% 19% Plastics, composites 3% sensors coating, packaging and paints telecommunications

Graphene Roadmap

Graphene @ Manchester Physics Fundamental properties Novel 2D Spinouts materials and Materials hetero-structures Graphene Process routes research Characterisation 2-Dtech Graphene Standards Industries NGI Capabilities Life Sciences Electronics Sensors, drug Sensors delivery Semiconductor Tissue engineering devices Chemistry Nanotoxicology Composites Membranes, barriers and coatings

The National Graphene Institute http://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/

Graphene research Universities Catapult Centres Industry 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 TRL/ TRL/ Universities Universities Catapult Centres Catapult Centres Industry Industry MCRL MCRL Basic Idea Basic Idea Concept Concept Experiment Experiment Process Process Process Process Process Process Capability Capability Capability Capability Capability Capability SCALE SCALE Developed Developed al Proof of al Proof of Validated Validated Validated Validated Capability Capability Validated Validated Validated Validated Validated Validated Concept Concept in in on on on on on on over Range over Range on Full on Full Laboratory Laboratory Production Production Production Production Economic Economic of Parts of Parts Range of Range of Equipment Equipment Equipment Equipment Runs Runs Parts over Parts over Long Long Periods Periods Ref - Technology Readiness UoM Research UoM Research Level/Manufacturing Capability Readiness Position Position Level Scale (Source – NASA)

The National Graphene Institute (NGI) • World Class facility to work on Graphene and other 2D Material Application State of the Art Equipment • • To provide capacity to meet out clients growing needs • Provide our Research/Industrial partners with flexible facilities • Provide our Research/Industrial partners a extensive knowledge base • To provide quality Research and Technical support to our partners • Largest single cleanroom undertaking Graphene research

National Graphene Institute (NGI) National Graphene Institute

The Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC) £60m investment Pilot production, characterisation and application development in: composites • • energy • coatings • electronics • membranes

The Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC) Key is to position commercialisation as a Technology Push & market pull approach – NGI and GEIC will aid in this process.

Shared input – close collaboration Industry Academics

Knowledge Exchange To carry out short-term feasibility style, knowledge exchange application projects in the areas of advanced composites, barriers/membranes, surface modification/coatings, energy-storage materials, biomaterials and medical devices

Graphene based composites  Electrical Functionality  Better lightning strike resistance  Good anti-static behaviour  Improved high-voltage insulation  Barrier Functionality  Improved environmental protection  Leak-proof composite gas tank cylinders  Damage Tolerance  Better impact performance  Improved fatigue resistance  Better wear resistance  Strain sensing  High Temperature Tolerance  Improved heat distortion temperature  Better fire retardancy

Energy Storage £3,5 Million  Supercapacitors: energy bottle-neck (3-5 W h kg -1 )  Batteries: power bottle-neck (10 3 W kg -1 )  SHARP is working with the National Graphene Institute to explore the benefits of graphene in electrochemical storage devices.  SHARP is excited to be part of a project that is looking to produce graphene on a cost competitive scale. 0.2 Ah 20Ah

Graphene barrier coating Completely impermeable atomic membranes

Graphene oxide membranes

Industrial partners Strategic Partner Project Partners: Graphene-based membranes Project Partners: Electrochemical Energy Storage Project Partners: Other

Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) - Proposed National Graphene Institute (NGI)

Route to Value creation through the Commercialisation 9 Programme & delivery of Product End User- Product Delivery or via the Industry System Readiness Level Integration of Complex Systems GEIC Universitiy NGI Technology/Capability Application- Supply Demonstration Programmes – focused Chain on increasing the SRL to de-risk and Technology/Capability showcase next Demonstration Concept Development generation products Programmes Academia and applications Material Supply Chain 1 Technology Readiness Level 9 Concept Development – focus is on a) increasing the technology development TRL – manufacturing scale up, characterisation and measurement, b) experiment with the art of the possible future applications and concepts and c) provide inputs to Concept Development.

Limitless applications of graphene “Stiff competition: Uni researchers Graphene challenge to revolutionise the condom market” Manchester Evening News – 20 th Nov 2013