CNT and Graphene: Is the future happening now?

CNT and Graphene: Is the future
happening now?
Dr. A. Joseph Berkmans &
Mr. Adarsh A Khare
Strategy & Business Development, Petchem, RIL
Nanotechnology-Size Matters
• Billionth of a meter (10-9 m)
• Nanomaterials- Materials with size 1-100 nm
Nature News, 2001
• 0D,1D, 2D and 3D nanomaterials
0D
1D
2D
3D
Murphy CJ et.al., Acc.
• Properties are different at nanoscale.
Chem. Res., 2008
Eg: Red Gold!
• Top down and Bottom up approach
The color of gold becomes red at 20 nm!
Allotropes of Carbon
Graphite
Fullerene or Buckyball
Diamond
Nature materials, 2010.
D. D. L. Chung, J. Mater. Sci., 2002.
Graphene
Carbon nanotube
Jan Prasek et.al, J. Mater. Chem., 2011.
M.S. Dresselhaus et.al,Carbon, 1995.
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Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)
Thess et al., Science, 1996.
Mark C. Hersam,
Nature Nanotech.,2008.
T. W. Ebbesen et.al, Nature,1992.
Transmission electron micrographs
of SWNT bundle and a MWNT
Jan Prasek et.al, J. Mater. Chem., 2011.
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Graphene- Monolayer Graphite!
• Bi-layer, tri-layer and multilayer graphene
• Graphene nano ribbons -1D structure
• Graphene nano platelets – 1-15 nm thick
Graphene Sheet,
Courtesy: Berkeley Lab
Yongji Gong et.al., Nature, 2014.
Scanning Transmission Electron
micrograph of Graphene
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CNT & Graphene
Properties and applications
Properties
Tensile strength
(GPa)
Elastic Modulus
(GPa)
Electrical Resistivity
(µ Ohm cmm)
Thermal Conductivity
(W/mK)
Electron mobility
(cm2/Vs)
Specific surface area
m2/g
Optical
Transmittance
(%)
Cost
CNT
Graphene
Applications
13-53
130
High strength and light weight
flexible composites
~1000
~1000
High strength and light weight
flexible composites
5-50
1
Conductive inks, coatings
Composites, Transistors
3500
6000
Coolants, Heat dissipation
materials
10000
200000
High performance flexible
electronic devices
1315
2630
Hydrogen storage, catalyst support
90
97.7
Transparent conductive films for
touch screen applications,
Transparent electrodes
US $5 (MWCNT)/ US
$750 (SWCNT) per
gram
US $800( Monolayer on
PET film)
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Major applications
Value chain analysis
Nano materials
Nano intermediates
(Profit earner)
Nano enabled materials
(Revenue earner)
Market structure: Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)
Product
Companies
Characteristics
SWeNT, Nanointegris, Thomas
swan
Very few quality producers.
No major players
SWeNT, Nantero, Lockheed
martin, kuraray, brewer
science
Latest entrant in this space.
Applications still developing
Showa denko, Arkema,
Nanocyl, Timesnano,
Hyperion, Chinese players
Mass applications, crowded
market, few quality producers
Single walled CNT
Few walled CNT
Multi walled CNT
Adoption in key markets like asphalt, concrete, energy9storage expected in near future
Market structure: Graphene
Product
Companies
Characteristics
Vorbeck, XOLVE,Haydale,
graphenea, Samsung, IBM, BASF
Energy storage considered to
be the next big thing. Large
MNCs investing in R&D. E.g
IBM, BASF etc. but the market
is overpopulated by lowquality players
Angstron Materials, Graphenics,
Sandisk
Applications still in
development stage. Large
players investing heavily in
R&D
Graphene Nano
Platelets
Graphene sheets
Majors like Samsung, Sandisk, BASF etc. 10
betting big on Graphene
Market Size: CNT / Graphene
CNT Market
$140
Graphene
demand
(US$
millions)
$120
$3,500
$100
$3,000
$2,500
$80
$2,000
$60
$1,500
$40
$1,000
$20
$500
$-
$2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Market Value ($MM)
Source: SWeNT
2013
2014
2015
Composites
Energy storage
TCFs
Other
2016
2017
2018
2019
Conductive inks and coatings
Water filtration
High-performance electronics
Research
2020
Thank you

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