Charlotte McLeod provides a collection of articles from Graphene Investing News to help new investors in this market. Widely regarded as the wonder material of the 21st century, the 2D material was first produced in 2004, when two professors at the U. of Manchester used Scotch tape to peel flakes of graphene off a chunk of graphite.
The material is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a characteristic it shares with diamonds and graphite. Put simply, all three are made up of carbon atoms that are bonded together in different ways. For instance, graphite consists of carbon atoms bonded together in sheets of a hexagonal lattice, while graphene is made up of a single sheet of graphite.
Of course, simply knowing about graphene composition does not explain why so many people are excited about it. To give investors a better idea of the promise it holds, in terms of both applications and profit potential, the Investing News Network has put together a brief overview on graphene basics, including production, uses and its future.
Getting an understanding of how graphene is produced is crucial to understanding graphene cost. That is because the way in which graphene is produced relates to how much it ultimately costs. As Graphenea explains, graphene cost is linked to graphene quality. As an example, it points to graphene oxide, which is inexpensive. While it can be used for advanced composite and biotechnology applications, it can not be used in batteries, flexible touch screens and other advanced opto-electronic applications.
In contrast, CVD graphene, which the publication says offers sufficient quality for almost any graphene application, is priced based on production volume and the cost of transferring the graphene from the substrate on which it is grown. Essentially what that means is that buying high-quality graphene in large volumes is cheaper than buying a small quantity of it.
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