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Building a graphene industry cluster based on world-class green mass production technology


【概述】Despite significant global investment in graphene application technologies, substantial industrial breakthroughs remain elusive. The fundamental reason is the lack of mass production technology for high-quality graphene. For powder materials, which represent the largest application volume, the defect rate of graphene materials on the market is too high, essentially equivalent to carbon black. This severely restricts the development of application technologies in fields such as chemical energy storage, new energy vehicles, and advanced functional materials and devices, and is a key bottleneck in its industrialization and promotion.

  I. Current Status

  1. Technological Background

  Although a large amount of manpower and material resources have been invested worldwide in the development of graphene application technologies, there has been a lack of substantial breakthroughs in industrial technologies. The fundamental reason is the lack of mass production technology for high-quality graphene. For powder materials, which account for the largest application volume, the defect rate of graphene materials on the market is too high, essentially equivalent to "carbon black," severely restricting its application technology development in fields including chemical energy storage, new energy vehicles, advanced functional materials, and devices. This is a key bottleneck for its industrialization and promotion.

  Addressing the technical bottlenecks of existing graphene technologies, which involve "three high and one low" (high pollution, high defect rate, high cost, low yield): the high pollution and high defect rate of the oxidation-reduction method mainly led by the United States, and the high cost and low yield of the plasma method from Cambridge University in the UK; Professor Shao Guosheng's team at Guosheng Advanced Technology Innovation Park (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (GSATP) invented a low-cost, fully green process for preparing high-quality graphene powder, for which national and international invention patents have been applied for. This technology has completed pilot testing and the design and customization of industrial production line equipment.

  2. Technology Testing and Core Application Demonstration

  Currently, the most reliable characterization method for carbon materials is Raman spectroscopy. A comparative analysis of the Raman spectra of GSATP graphene and mainstream international graphene powder products shows that: products from the oxidation-reduction method, represented by the United States, have an extremely high defect rate (extremely high D peak), and the fingerprint recognition peak (2D peak) of graphene is missing, making the material essentially equivalent to "carbon black" (see English Wikipedia); graphene powder obtained by the plasma method, represented by the UK, although having a 2D peak, has a G peak shift direction consistent with carbon nanotubes, essentially "carbon nano-horns" in materials science, and the cost is high, and the yield is extremely low. In contrast, the D peak intensity of GSATP graphene products is comparable to that of high-quality graphite, with an extremely low defect rate, and a clearly symmetrical fingerprint recognition peak (2D peak). The 2D peak and G peak shift towards each other by 16 cm-1, consistent with monolayer graphene, representing a unique international mass production technology for high-quality graphene powder.

  Case One

  When GSATP graphene powder is directly used as the anode of a lithium-ion battery, it exhibits very high electrochemical capacity and cycle retention rate. Battery performance tests show that under a charge-discharge current density of 0.1C rate, the first-week discharge capacity of graphene is as high as 1026.8 mAh/g, and the reversible capacity is 599.8 mAh/g. Subsequent tests show that after 200 weeks, the discharge capacity remains above 500 mAh/g, and the rate performance is excellent. The capacity of commercially used graphite anodes is around 300 mAh/g. The capacity of our high-quality graphene is about twice that of commercial electrodes. When matched with a suitable cathode, it will increase the capacity of lithium-ion battery technology to 3-4 times that of the best commercial batteries currently available.

  Case Two

  Simply mixing GSATP graphene powder with sulfur can significantly improve the electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery cathode. The first-week discharge capacity reaches 1008.6 mAh/g, and after 1000 cycles under a charge-discharge current density of 0.5C, the capacity is 380.6 mAh/g, more than twice the capacity of the best commercial cathode materials. In addition, the rate discharge performance of the battery is also excellent. The preparation process of our graphene-modified lithium-sulfur battery is very simple and fully compatible with the preparation process of traditional commercial lithium batteries. It has low cost, high specific volume (energy), and is easy to promote and apply. When used in power battery systems, it will completely solve the key bottleneck of battery range.

  II. Future Plans

  Relying on GSATP's internationally leading graphene preparation technology, a graphene technology industrial park will be built in Suqian to create a cluster based on the entire graphene industry chain and form a graphene technology industrial cluster.

  Gradually complete the construction of a demonstration production line with an annual capacity of 50 tons. Improve the process procedures and provide a complete set of technical solutions for the graphene technology industrial park. At the same time, initiate the construction of the graphene application innovation platform and the graphene technology industrial park.

  Accelerate the completion of the construction of the graphene application innovation platform. Vigorously promote "graphene+", focusing on the development of graphene heating elements, graphene heat sinks, functional plastics, waterproof and breathable textiles, anti-corrosion coatings, seawater desalination systems, and other downstream applications to improve the quality and efficiency of traditional industries; combining with the national "military-civilian integration" development strategy, focusing on promoting the application of graphene in national defense coatings, shipborne aircraft lubricating oil, and multifunctional anti-interference and shock-absorbing materials; promoting the application of graphene in emerging industries with significant driving effects, such as high-end equipment manufacturing, mobile internet, integrated circuits, and biomedicine, and promoting the development of emerging industries through technological innovation, product innovation, and model innovation.

  Realize the construction of the graphene technology industrial park. Form a full industrial chain system with graphene raw material production as the basis for "graphene+" production lines in various industries.