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The era of graphene is coming

09.10.2013

In 2015, mass production of graphene will begin - scientists and engineers from the startup Graphene Frontiers are sure of this.

In September, the US National Science Foundation gave the University of Pennsylvania $744 to develop a startup called Graphene Frontiers. Such generosity can be explained by the prospects of a startup that should organize the mass production of graphene. The availability of graphene is of great importance for the development of many promising technologies based on this material, which has unique properties.

Graphene Frontiers plans to implement a new technology for the large-scale production of high-quality rolled graphene. The company hopes to be the first to adapt the chemical vapor deposition method, which is often used in laboratories and small industries to create polycrystalline graphene, to industrial needs.

Although polycrystalline graphene has found applications in devices such as advanced composite materials and high-frequency transistors, single-crystal graphene has much more attractive properties. Unfortunately, modern technologies for the production of single-crystal graphene, to put it mildly, are far from industrial applications, for example, the method of separating a graphene monolayer from graphite using adhesive tape. Other methods, such as the separation of carbon layers using plasma, or various chemical methods, do not produce very good quality graphene. For the mass introduction of new generation graphene electronics, a new technology for the mass production of single-crystal graphene is needed.

The chemical vapor deposition method allows the production of very high quality synthetic graphene and can be applied to the production of electronics, solar panels and other devices where transparent conductors are required. Graphene Frontiers specialists plan to use continuous rolling (roll-to-roll) for the production of graphene. This is a flexible circuit manufacturing method in which microcircuits are printed on a continuous substrate tape that is rewound from one roller to another. The combination of chemical vapor deposition technology and continuous rolling will produce high-quality graphene electronic components, which will open up a new generation electronics market.

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