TY - JOUR
T1 - Path towards graphene commercialization from lab to market
AU - Kong, Wei
AU - Kum, Hyun
AU - Bae, Sang Hoon
AU - Shim, Jaewoo
AU - Kim, Hyunseok
AU - Kong, Lingping
AU - Meng, Yuan
AU - Wang, Kejia
AU - Kim, Chansoo
AU - Kim, Jeehwan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - The ground-breaking demonstration of the electric field effect in graphene reported more than a decade ago prompted the strong push towards the commercialization of graphene as evidenced by a wealth of graphene research, patents and applications. Graphene flake production capability has reached thousands of tonnes per year, while continuous graphene sheets of tens of metres in length have become available. Various graphene technologies developed in laboratories have now transformed into commercial products, with the very first demonstrations in sports goods, automotive coatings, conductive inks and touch screens, to name a few. Although challenges related to quality control in graphene materials remain to be addressed, the advancement in the understandings of graphene will propel the commercial success of graphene as a compelling technology. This Review discusses the progress towards commercialization of graphene for the past decade and future perspectives.
AB - The ground-breaking demonstration of the electric field effect in graphene reported more than a decade ago prompted the strong push towards the commercialization of graphene as evidenced by a wealth of graphene research, patents and applications. Graphene flake production capability has reached thousands of tonnes per year, while continuous graphene sheets of tens of metres in length have become available. Various graphene technologies developed in laboratories have now transformed into commercial products, with the very first demonstrations in sports goods, automotive coatings, conductive inks and touch screens, to name a few. Although challenges related to quality control in graphene materials remain to be addressed, the advancement in the understandings of graphene will propel the commercial success of graphene as a compelling technology. This Review discusses the progress towards commercialization of graphene for the past decade and future perspectives.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85072941002
U2 - 10.1038/s41565-019-0555-2
DO - 10.1038/s41565-019-0555-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31582831
AN - SCOPUS:85072941002
SN - 1748-3387
VL - 14
SP - 927
EP - 938
JO - Nature Nanotechnology
JF - Nature Nanotechnology
IS - 10
ER -