A graphene-based battery is a type of battery that comprises a graphene anode, a graphite cathode, and a liquid electrolyte solution. Graphene, which is one of the most conductive materials on earth, is expected to become mainstream in the future as it has the potential to store more energy than traditional batteries.
Image credit: Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. Graphene Manufacturing Group announced the receipt of regulatory and local council approvals to manufacture batteries at a commercial scale for its existing Richlands site in Brisbane, Australia.
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Long story short, Koyfman believes that global power storage capacity could see a “100-fold increase over the next 20 years,” and he points to graphene batteries as the solution because these don’t require any lithium, nickel, cobalt, or copper. In other words, graphene batteries don’t require raw materials we could run out of.
Technology company Paragraf develops and produces graphene-based electronic devices. It uses scalable technology that’s compatible with existing electron device manufacturing processes. Paragraf’s technology has enabled the company to produce graphene directly onto substrates like silicon, silicon-carbide, sapphire and gallium-nitride.
Many of the earliest patents in all of these fields the various graphene-related subject areas are managed by Nanotek Instruments, including the FIRST patent in the graphene field — U.S. Patent No. 7,071,258, entitled Nano-Scaled Graphene Plates, which was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in October 2002.