Beijing University Breakthrough: Realizing Glass Surface Growth Graphene

Graphene is a carbon material composed of carbon atoms and has a single-layer structure. It is the thinnest, hardest, nano-material with the best conductivity at room temperature and strong flexibility.

Recently, the famous academic journal "Natural Materials" reported that a team of Peking University using chemical vapor deposition method, through the optimization of growth conditions, successfully achieved the direct growth of graphene on the glass surface, which is expected to accelerate the integration of the graphene materials and the glass industry. To promote large-scale application of graphene glass.

After long-term research, the research team led by Academician Liu Zhongfan of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Peking University successfully achieved controllable growth of high-quality graphene films on high-temperature resistant glass and ordinary glass. Experiments have shown that ordinary glass exists in a molten state under graphene growth conditions, and the surface is highly uniform and isotropic. The research group used these properties of molten glass to achieve the growth of graphene wafers with uniform size and distribution. The graphene glass obtained by the direct growth method has such excellent characteristics that the interface between the glass and the graphene is well and the interface is free from contamination.

According to the report, this new type of composite material, graphene glass, produced by combining graphene with glass will greatly expand the glass application space and cause the glass industry to revolutionize the application of high-volume low value-added applications to energy-saving high value-added applications. change.