As a new material, graphene has received widespread attention since its discovery. But recently, everyone's enthusiasm for graphene seems to have diminished. How far has the graphene industry developed? How will it continue to develop in the future?

Global graphene industry development overview

At present, more than 80 countries around the world have invested in the research and development and production of graphene. The United States, the European Union, Japan, and South Korea have successively released or funded a series of related research plans and projects.

The European Union has also formulated a graphene flagship plan, with a plan to invest 1 billion euros. The top three global graphene R&D and production strengths are the United States, Japan, and China. Not only that, internationally renowned multinational companies such as IBM, Intel, Dow Chemical, and Samsung have taken graphene and its application technology as a long-term strategic development direction, and a large number of institutions and companies specializing in the research and development, production and application of graphene have emerged. .

Generally speaking, the graphene industry is still in the concept introduction period, and is moving from the laboratory to the industrialization. Graphene products currently on the market are generally low-end products using graphene powder (body) as raw materials, such as functional coatings, composite materials, electrode materials, and structural reinforcement materials. The characteristics of the industrialization of these graphene products are: small scale, low technical content, and low added value. High-end products that truly use graphene film as raw materials, such as microelectronic materials and display film materials, are either in the laboratory stage or in the pilot stage, and it is difficult to achieve industrialization in a short period of time. It is difficult to realize industrialization in a short time.