Graphene as an additive in energy storage and electronic applications - a story of success in battery anodes

Two challenges that must be overcome to reach the potential of graphene in electronics and energy storage applications are: industrial scale quantities of high-quality graphene (properties closest to the single layer graphene) and its integration to the material composite (polymer matrix). In this presentation, PPG and Raymor will present their industrial scale production of few-layer graphene by plasma method and the different techniques to properly disperse and incorporate the powder into both water based and solvent based formulations at high loadings. This resulting graphene forms part of the novel high energy density Si-based anode material developedby NanoGraf that has the long-term potential to replace graphite-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries for a range of applications, from consumer electronics to electric vehicles.