"Vast potential, long journey ahead. Industry leaders jointly map out the blueprint for graphene development."

"Vast potential, long journey ahead. Industry leaders jointly map out the blueprint for graphene development."

Graphene, a rising star in the field of new materials, has achieved the legend of "instant king" after only 20 years of development: graphene electric heating film that can achieve super strong insulation, graphene coating that can improve industrial anti-corrosion effect, graphene goggles that are not afraid of fogging... The commercialization of graphene black technology has brought new changes to the entire industry chain from aerospace to civilian products, and has also made more and more people aware of graphene, deeply cultivate graphene, and fall in love with graphene.

At the beginning of November 2024, the China International Graphene Innovation Conference was held, and industry experts gathered in Zhenhai, the "hotbed" of graphene development, to discuss the past, present, and future of this "king of new materials".

There is great potential, and the future is still the king! "The experts unanimously judged the future of graphene, which has excellent performance and unlimited potential, and conducted in-depth exploration on the topic of" 0 to 100 ".

Zhang Wei, a professor at Jilin University and director of the Electron Microscopy Center, is very optimistic about graphene materials. Since the discovery of graphene, Zhang Wei has been very interested in this new material. For more than ten years, he has been engaged in basic research and has maintained a focus on graphene research. This year, Zhang Wei and his collaborators also discovered for the first time the naturally formed few layer graphene through observation and analysis of lunar soil. Relevant research not only provides new insights into the geological activity, evolutionary history, and environmental characteristics of the moon, but also refreshes the industry's understanding of graphene.

This shows that our basic research on graphene cannot only stay on Earth, but also needs to expand into space. We also need to study how to better apply naturally formed graphene, how to avoid the synthesis of multiple materials, and directly use graphene in production and life. "Zhang Wei said that the deeper the basic research, the longer and more flexible the" tentacles ", and the more we can do the" 0 "to" 1 "topic well, making graphene on Earth and graphene from the universe better" for our use ".

With the basic research of "0 to 1", it is obvious that the conditions for graphene to continue to "dominate" in the next future are not yet met. Many big names are also very concerned about the application and industrialization research of "1 to 100". Gao Chao, a distinguished professor at Zhejiang University and chief scientist at Hangzhou Gaoene Technology Co., Ltd., started from the industrialization of "P2P" and talked about his development ideas for graphene.

Industrialization of P2P refers to the process of transforming papers into products. After completing the basic research on graphene, we began to consider how to convert the paper into graphene products. It is not realistic to go directly from '1' to '100', we should first go from '1' to '10', and then from '10' to '100'. ”The "1 to 10" mentioned by Gao Chao refers to the study of engineering, while the "10 to 100" is what we often refer to as the study of industrialization.

The concept of engineering research is to first conduct market positioning and research, prepare marketing plans, conduct small-scale trial production, and then industrialize in order to 'monetize' basic research. This advanced concept has been repeatedly tested in the development of high tech technology. Nowadays, graphene rice paper, graphene ink, and graphene fiber, which are the main products of high tech technology, have achieved great sales in related fields and have become the 'world's number one'.

But industrialization is one thing, 'surviving' in the market is another. How to form good competitiveness and even a seller's market through the excellent performance of graphene materials is a long way to go. Similarly, the future of graphene is also a long way to go.

In addition to discussing the "0-100" of new materials, the celebrities also talked about their "optimism" towards Ningbo and Zhenhai: Ningbo and Zhenhai have a good business environment, and the National Graphene Innovation Center is also located in Zhenhai. More new achievements in graphene conversion and application will be born here, and the graphene innovation ecosystem will develop and grow here.

Graphene, the future is promising! Let's follow the expectations of the big shots and the perspective of the conference to witness the next 'enfeoffment' of the 'King of New Materials'.