CEO - Graphene@Manchester, University of Manchester

1. GRAPHENE
From Lab to Market
The Route to
Commercialisation
of Graphene and other 2D
Materials
James Baker
CEO
Graphene@Manchester
July 2019

2. Graphene@Manchester

3. Limitless Potential??
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4. Demonstration of:
• New concepts/new applications/fundamental
studies
• Graphene potential by producing new concept
products and processes
Development of:
• Low cost and scalable manufacturing
methods for high quality graphene
• Process stabilisation, achieving reproducible
quality, high manufacturing yields
• Standardisation, Characterisation, Quality
Certification and Health and Safety
NATIONAL GRAPHENE INSTITUTE (NGI)
The NGI focus is on academic led research (TRL 1-5) into graphene and related 2-D
materials in partnership and collaboration with Industry:
“Explorative Research”

5. Bringing together parts of
the ecosystem – academia
and industry
Formation of supply chains
Slow project turn around
Standards
Materials Design
Equipment Services
Raw materials
Intermediate products
Custom equipment
design and build
Product development
System integration
IP / legal / marketing etc.
Challenges in building the Ecosystem/Supply Chain

6. • Manufacturing scale pilot production and
process scale-up of graphene and
related 2D materials, its measurement
and characterisation and application
development in structures and
composites, membranes and coatings,
electronics and sensors, inks and
formulations and energy.
• “Make & break” prototype development
and integration facility
Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC)
The GEIC focus is on industry led technology development (TRL 3-6)
in graphene and related 2-D materials in collaboration with academia
“Exploitative Research”

7. Design, Make, Evaluate, Repeat
Solution
Problem
Research
Test
Prototype
Improve
Validation
of
upstream
partners and
markets
Rapid
material
tailoring
downstream
partners

8. Measurement & Characterisation
Capability (& Research) Themes
Measurement & Characterisation
Energy
Storage
Material Production
Membranes
& Coatings
Printing &
Formulations
Composite
Materials
Cross cutting
Verticals
Cross cutting
Partner materials
Application Focus
Market Pull
Developing QC tools

9. Concept Development – focus is on a) increasing the technology development TRL –
manufacturing scale up, characterisation and measurement, b) experiment with the art of the
possible future applications and concepts and c) provide inputs to Concept Development.
Academia
Concept Development
Material Supply Chain
Technology/Capability
Demonstration
Programmes
Application-SupplyChain
EndUser-
Programme&
ProductDelivery
Value creation
through the delivery
of Product or via the
Integration of
Complex Systems
Technology/Capability
Demonstration
Programmes – focused
on increasing the SRL to
de-risk and showcase
next generation products
and applications
Route to Commercialisation
Technology Readiness Level
SystemReadinessLevel
University
NGI
GEIC
Industry
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