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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…

Mega-fast uploads. We're talking a whole terabit in just one second.

Ultra-fast internet

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 m2
• Aspect ratio varies – typically 2 for solvent exfoliation
• Optical
• Transparent to light (97.7 %) and electrons
• Mechanical
• Stiffness = 1 Tpa
• Strength = 130 GPa
• Chemical
• Easily functionalised
• Processable

How to make graphene

Production by removing elements from a large starting material. Assembly of a nanostructure from smaller elements.

The Graphene family

A D E

CVD Graphene (Gr) Graphite (Gt) Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) Graphene oxide (GO)

Graphene B C

Producing Graphene

Mechanical Electrical conductivity Optical Permeability Thermal Surface area Biocompatibility

CVD graphene Platelets GO

Structural composites

• Rollable epaper
• Foldable OLED display
• Touch screen

Conductive ink

• Packaging
• Toys
• Smart items

Conductive layer

• Solar cells/PV
• Smart windows

Electromagnetic shield coating or composites Barrier coating

• Anti corrosion in

structure

• Food packaging

Ultra fast laser

• Wound dressing

management

• Biomaterials for

regenerative medicine

• ‘smart’ biomaterials
• Drug delivery
• Medical devices
• Scaffold for tissue

engineering Electrodes for batteries and super- capacitors Chemical sensors Electromagnetic shield layer Barrier coating for cupper connects in electronics ‘smart’ hydrogels composites for contact lenses Conductive filler for hydrogel composites

• Drug delivery systems
• Regenerative medicine
• Tissue engineering

Heat sink for semi- conductors

Healthcare Aerospace, defence Packaging Electronics Sensors Composites Energy storage

Membranes

• Solvent/gas purification
• Separation/dessalination

Conductive filler for composites Additive for heat dissipation in polymers Biosensors

Graphene application sectors

Healthcare Aerospace & defence Electronics, optoelectronics and semi-conductors Energy Storage Automotive Plastics, composites sensors coating, packaging and paints telecommunications

15% 27% 19% 17% 12%

3% 2% 2% 3%

Graphene Roadmap

Graphene @ Manchester

NGI Capabilities

Physics

Fundamental properties Novel 2D materials and hetero-structures

Materials

Process routes Characterisation Standards

Electronics

Sensors Semiconductor devices

Chemistry

Composites Membranes, barriers and coatings

Life Sciences

Sensors, drug delivery Tissue engineering Nanotoxicology

Spinouts

Graphene research 2-Dtech Graphene Industries

The National Graphene Institute

http://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/

Graphene research

TRL/ MCRL SCALE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Universities Catapult Centres Industry

Basic Idea Concept Developed Experiment al Proof of Concept Process Validated in Laboratory Process Validated

• n

Production Equipment Process Capability

• n

Production Equipment Capability Validated

• n

Economic Runs Capability Validated

• ver Range
• f Parts

Capability Validated

• n Full

Range of Parts over Long Periods

TRL/ MCRL SCALE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Universities Catapult Centres Industry

Basic Idea Concept Developed Experiment al Proof of Concept Process Validated in Laboratory Process Validated

• n

Production Equipment Process Capability

• n

Production Equipment Capability Validated

• n

Economic Runs Capability Validated

• ver Range
• f Parts

Capability Validated

• n Full

Range of Parts over Long Periods

Universities Catapult Centres Industry UoM Research Position UoM Research Position

Ref - Technology Readiness Level/Manufacturing Capability Readiness 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

Pilot production, characterisation and application development in:

• composites
• energy
• coatings
• electronics
• membranes

The Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC)

£60m investment

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

• Supercapacitors: energy bottle-neck (3-5 W h kg-1)
• Batteries: power bottle-neck (103 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 £3,5 Million

Completely impermeable atomic membranes

Graphene barrier coating

Graphene oxide membranes

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

Industrial partners

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

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. Value creation through the delivery of Product

• r via the

Integration of Complex Systems Technology/Capability Demonstration Programmes – focused

• n increasing the SRL

to de-risk and showcase next generation products and applications

Route to Commercialisation

Technology Readiness Level

System Readiness Level

Universitiy NGI GEIC Industry

1 9 9

End User- Programme & Product Delivery Application- Supply Chain Academia Concept Development Material Supply Chain Technology/Capability Demonstration Programmes

“Stiff competition: Uni researchers Graphene challenge to revolutionise the condom market”

Manchester Evening News – 20th Nov 2013

Limitless applications of graphene