Graphene@Manchester …beyond the sticky tape

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Graphene@Manchester …beyond the sticky tape ACES: The European Dimension 21 th May 2015 Paul Wiper, PhD, MSc. Research Associate [email protected]. uk

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  1. 1. Graphene@Manchester beyond the sticky tape ACES: The European Dimension 21th May 2015 Paul Wiper, PhD, MSc. Research Associate [email protected]
  2. 2. Andre Geim and Konstatin Novoselov isolate graphene at Manchester2004 2010 Awarded Nobel prize in physics for ground-breaking experiments 2013 Plans for 61 m (77 m) National Graphene Institute (NGI) Open 2014 Plans for 60 m (76 m) Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) Opens: 2017 Graphene@Manchester
  3. 3. National Graphene Institute The University of Manchester Engineering Feasibility!
  4. 4. COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS ENERGY-BATTERIES&SUPER- CAPACITORS STRUCTURES,FORMULATIONS,INKS &COATINGS MEMBRANES&BARRIERS ELECTRONICS&SENSORS BIO-MEDICAL QUALITY CERTIFICATION, MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERISATION MATERIALS PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURE PROCESS STABILISATION NGI Priority Research Areas
  5. 5. Strategic Partner Project Partners: Graphene-based membranes Project Partners: Electrochemical Energy Storage Project Partners: Other Industry Partners
  6. 6. Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) The GEIC focus is on industry led technology development in graphene and related 2-D materials in collaboration with academia. ~ 30 m from Masdar, Abu Dhabi Masdar Institute; applied research
  7. 7. Graphene membranes, barriers and adsorbents
  8. 8. Graphene oxide membranes GO d =10 Rahul Nair Nature Comm, 5:4843, 2014 Science, 27, 335, 2012 Barrier free water transport Impermeable to all solvents except water
  9. 9. Barrier protection Outperforms industrial standard
  10. 10. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2014), 6, 1742617436 Graphene OxideMnFe2O4 Magnetic Nanohybrids Adsorbents Efficient removal of Pb(II), As(III), and As(V) from contaminated water
  11. 11. Graphene energy storage and conversion devices
  12. 12. Huang et al. small 2012, 8, No. 12, 18051834 Bonaccorso et al. Science 2015 347 6217 Supercapacitors Photovoltaics Fuel cells Hu et al. Nature 2014 516, 227-230
  13. 13. Graphene Nanocomposites The HEAD GrapheneTM Tennis Racquet and Skis
  14. 14. Production Methods 0 hrs 1.6 hrs UoM IP UoM IP Electrochemical exfoliation: Graphene nanoplatelets Graphene oxide M. Abdelkader, I. A. Kinloch, R. A. W. Dryfe. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 8402 J. Cooper, N. R. Wilson, I. A. Kinloch, R. A. W. Dryfe CARBON 66 2014 340 350 Robert J Young, Ian A Kinloch Nanoscience, 2013, 1, 145179
  15. 15. Fundamental Research Young R. J, Kinloch I. A Gonga L., Novoselov K. S., Compos Sci Technol. 2012, 72, 1459-1476 Robert J Young, Ian A Kinloch Nanoscience, 2013, 1, 145179 Li et al. Polymer 2013, 54, 5821-5829 0 2 4 6 8 10 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 Youngmodulus(GPa) Loading (wt.%) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Loading (vol.%) 10 layer Graphite Nanoplatelets Graphene oxide (GO) Manufacturing route determines properties and cost!