Europe developing its first experimental pilot line for 2D materials
A new project by the European Commission aims to gather European expertise across the value chain to bring graphene and related materials to market.
A new project by the European Commission aims to gather European expertise across the value chain to bring graphene and related materials to market.
Cell manufacturer VARTA develops graphene enabled silicon batteries for wireless headphones, hearing aids, wearables, and small electronic devices.
There is a growing appetite for spin-offs and SMEs that have grown out of research. Here are four SMEs that are setting the pace in graphene and related materials (GRM) commercialisation in the Graphene Flagship.
Kari Hjelt, Head of Innovation of the Graphene Flagship, explores the graphene's potential to shift entire industries such as aviation, automation and energy generation and storage.
From prototypes to products – these new systems enable cost-effective and large-scale production of graphene and related materials by chemical vapour deposition. Today, AIXTRON showcased two products that allow the production of graphene under ambient conditions, and bring the cost of graphene films down by two orders of magnitude.
Imagine the environmental benefits if we could all simply paint solar cells onto the roof of our houses, or onto any surface for that matter. We could do this using perovskite solar cells, but, due to their instability, they have not yet been widely introduced. Now, researchers from the Graphene Flagship have developed hybrids of graphene and molybdenum disulphide quantum dots to stabilise PSCs.
Graphene Flagship partners Thales and M-SOLV developed a large scale spray coating tool capable of meeting the high volume manufacturing requirements for high power graphene supercapacitors to be used in aeronautical and space industries.
Bringing together 118 academic and industrial partners in 12 research and innovation projects and 1 coordination and support project, the Graphene Flagship initiative will continue to advance Europe’s strategic autonomy in technologies that rely on graphene and other 2D materials. The initiative, which builds on the previous 10-years of the Graphene Flagship, is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. The 2D-Experimental Pilot Line, addressing the challenges of upscaling 2D material production processes for the semiconductor industry, is another key component of the Graphene Flagship ecosystem.