Since its first successful isolation over a decade ago, academic and industrial interest has triggered the steady progress of the commercialization of graphene, as evidenced by a wealth of graphene-related patents, products, institutes, and startups. Among currently available graphene materials, graphene films derived from chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques, with fine controllability and uniformity, have been proven to be a promising candidate for various applications, with exciting demonstrations in electronics, optoelectronics, sensors, and filtering membrane. In this review, recent progress toward the commercialization of CVD films is summarized, covering the state-of-the-art methods for controllable synthesis, up-scale technologies for mass production, and demonstrations in potential commercial applications, which will propel the successful commercialization of graphene films by transforming the laboratory-scale advances. Moreover, a brief summary of the current market of CVD graphene films is provided with regarding to the commercial graphene products and production equipment. Finally, a perspective on the critical challenges and future direction of CVD graphene films will be presented.
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December 2021
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October 07 2021
Toward the commercialization of chemical vapor deposition graphene films
Kaicheng Jia;
Kaicheng Jia
1
Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
2
Beijing Graphene Institute
, Beijing 100095, People's Republic of China
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Jincan Zhang;
Jincan Zhang
2
Beijing Graphene Institute
, Beijing 100095, People's Republic of China
3
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom
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Yeshu Zhu;
Yeshu Zhu
1
Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
2
Beijing Graphene Institute
, Beijing 100095, People's Republic of China
4
Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University
, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Luzhao Sun
;
Luzhao Sun
2
Beijing Graphene Institute
, Beijing 100095, People's Republic of China
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Li Lin;
Li Lin
a)
5
Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
, Singapore
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Zhongfan Liu
Zhongfan Liu
a)
1
Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
2
Beijing Graphene Institute
, Beijing 100095, People's Republic of China
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Appl. Phys. Rev. 8, 041306 (2021)
Article history
Received:
May 10 2021
Accepted:
September 13 2021
Citation
Kaicheng Jia, Jincan Zhang, Yeshu Zhu, Luzhao Sun, Li Lin, Zhongfan Liu; Toward the commercialization of chemical vapor deposition graphene films. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1 December 2021; 8 (4): 041306. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0056413
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