3D Carbon Nanomaterials – a material for a new generation, The integration, the impact, the potential.
- khashayar Ghaffarzadeh
- Oct 14
- 4 min read
Authors: Caitlin Ho, Michelle Ntola, Oliver Semple, Neil Vyas, iGii, marketing@igii.uk
The focus and development of new advanced materials has significantly increased as technology has evolved and increased the demand for high-performance and sustainable solutions for integration into new technologies.
3D carbon nanomaterials are a versatile and adaptable material with potential to revolutionise multiple industries. The combination of properties such as high surface area, electrical and thermal conductivity and anti-fouling, make 3D carbon films exceptional materials. For example, in applications like sensing, advanced materials are paving the way for versatile, high-performing, miniaturised, and low-power consumption platforms applicable across a wide variety of fields. Whilst in applications such as heating elements, energy and catalysis, they offer a more cost-effective, efficient and more sustainable solution by improving performance and lifespan.
iGii’s pure, porous, 3D carbon nanomaterial, Gii, offers a high-performance, cost-effective and more sustainable solution for number of applications across sensing, energy, thermal and more.
Sensing
3D carbon nanomaterials are revolutionising the sensing industry. With its excellent properties and flexibility in design it offers a solution that enables diverse application and customisation to seamlessly integrate into existing products or new prototypes.
High Performance – The large electrochemically active area of 3D carbon nanomaterials enables lower limits of detection of specific analytes, down to the femtomolar.
Anti-fouling – The innate anti-fouling properties means that you can achieve high specificity of detection/binding without requiring pre-treatment or blockers to ensure integrity of the material. 3D carbon nanomaterials can be used for analysis of milk samples without degradation of material or impacting performance due to non-specific binding, commonly found in sensors using precious metals.
Multi-analyte capabilities – From biological biomarkers in human diagnostics to heavy metal testing in water, 3D carbon nanomaterials can be tailored for detection of any analyte.
Reliable –3D carbon nanomaterials that have simple manufacturing systems enables robust, reproducible sensors to give reliable results.
Flexibility in design – With the advancement of technology, customisation in the size, shape, substrates and elements of electrodes without impacting performance is now more achievable.
Battery
Printed batteries are meant to deliver thin, flexible power sources for wearable and other small IoT devices; however, existing materials today were not designed for true scalability. With various challenges that have created barriers in the wide spread of the application due to the material, including maintaining conductivity at thin layers, complex manufacturing and cost and supply risks, new innovative materials offer a path to overcome them.
Cost-effective
Thinner, reliable and scalable manufacturing
High Performance
Low toxicity and sustainability
Customisable – design and capacity
3D carbon nanomaterials like Gii provides a high-performance energy device with its high carbon content, low carbon footprint and a toxic solvent and binder free process. This enables thinner and more manufacturable flexible designs across applications like IoT, wearables, diagnostics and more.
Heating Element
The development of microheater systems has been fuelled by the growing demand for miniaturised, thin and light components that seamlessly integrate into existing systems. Current systems are generally based on 2D printed conductive inks on flexible substrates. Gii-based microheater systems utilises a 3D pure carbon film as the heating element, reducing the need for precious metal-based inks, and additional binders used in ink formulations which could limit the performance and durability of the heating element. The Gii-based microheaters have a high surface area and tunable film thickness. Switching from printed microheater elements could improve heater performance, energy efficiency, increase heater lifespan and reduce the number of conditioning cycles required for the burn-in phase.
Cost-effective
More sustainable – No dependence on noble metals or high impact chemical etching
Scalability
Customisable – form factor, output and substrate
iGii has demonstrated flexible heating solutions above normal range from 100-200C to 300-400C and an alternative to reduce costs for higher temperature inflexible heaters up to 600C.
3D carbon nanomaterials have proven to have immense potential in a broad range of applications to address gaps in the market, improving existing products and offer a more sustainable solution. The capability to be flexible, high performing and reliable, scalability to meet market demands. Materials like Gii that are already available in the market are being implemented to enhance existing and upcoming products across various markets. The potential is endless and there is much to be desired and expected from 3D carbon nanomaterials in the near future.
About us
iGii pioneering a new era of advanced materials, helping industries move beyond costly, unsustainable, and supply-constrained resources. We are revolutionising industries with Gii, the world’s most sustainable and high-performance carbon nanomaterial.
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