Graphene Flexible Electronics and Optoelectronics: Bridging The Gap Between Academia and Industry

石墨烯柔性电子和光电：弥合学术界和工业界之间的差距

• 批准号: EP/K017144/1
• 负责人: Andrea Ferrari
• 金额: $ 877.07万
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK017144%2F1
• 关键词: Graphene; Flexible; Electronics; Optoelectronics; Bridging

Graphene has many record properties. It is transparent like (or better than) plastic, but conducts heat and electricity better than any metal, it is an elastic thin film, behaves as an impermeable membrane, and it is chemically inert and stable. Thus it is ideal for the production of next generation transparent conductors. Thin and flexible graphene-based electronic components may be obtained and modularly integrated, and thin portable devices may be assembled and distributed. Graphene can withstand dramatic mechanical deformation, for instance it can be folded without breaking. Foldable devices can be imagined, together with a wealth of new form factors, with innovative concepts of integration and distribution. At present, the realisation of an electronic device (such as, e.g., a mobile phone) requires the assembly of a variety of components obtained by many technologies. Graphene, by including different properties within the same material, can offer the opportunity to build a comprehensive technological platform for the realisation of almost any device component, including transistors, batteries, optoelectronic components, photovoltaic cells, (photo)detectors, ultrafast lasers, bio- and physicochemical sensors, etc. Such a change in the paradigm of device manufacturing would revolutionise the global industry. UK will have the chance to re-acquire a prominent position within the global Information and Communication Technology industry, by exploiting the synergy of excellent researchers and manufacturers. Our vision is to take graphene from a state of raw potential to a point where it can revolutionise flexible, wearable and transparent (opto)electronics, with a manifold return for UK, in innovation and exploitation. Graphene has benefits both in terms of cost-advantage, and uniqueness of attributes and performance. It will enable cheap, energy autonomous and disposable devices and communication systems, integrated in transparent and flexible surfaces, with application to smart homes, industrial processes, environmental monitoring, personal healthcare and more. This will lead to ultimate device wearability, new user interfaces and novel interaction paradigms, with new opportunities in communication, gaming, media, social networking, sport and wellness. By enabling flexible (opto)electronics, graphene will allow the exploitation of the existing knowledge base and infrastructure of companies working on organic electronics (organic LEDs, conductive polymers, printable electronics), and a unique synergistic framework for collecting and underpinning many distributed technical competences. The strategic focus of the proposed Cambridge Graphene Centre will be in activities built around the central challenge of flexible and energy efficient (opto)electronics, for which graphene is a unique enabling platform. This will allow us to 1) grow and produce graphene by chemical vapour deposition and liquid phase exfoliation on large scale; 2) prepare and test inks, up to a controlled and closely monitored pilot line. The target is several litres per week of optimized solutions and inks, ready to be provided to present and future partners for testing in their plants; 3) design, test and produce a variety of flexible, antennas, detectors and RF devices based on graphene and related materials, covering all present and future wavelength ranges; 4) prototype and test flexible batteries and supercapacitors and package them for implementation in realistic devices. Our present and future industrial partners will be able to conduct pilot-phase research and device prototyping in this facility, before moving to larger scale testing in realistic industrial settings. Spin-off companies will be incubated, and start-ups will be able to contract their more fundamental work to this facility.

石墨烯具有许多记录属性。它像塑料一样透明（或比塑料更好），但是比任何金属都能进行热和电能，它是一种弹性薄膜，表现为不可渗透的膜，并且化学惰性和稳定。因此，它是生产下一代透明导体的理想选择。可以获得薄而柔性的石墨烯电子组件并模块化，并可以组装和分布薄的便携式设备。石墨烯可以承受戏剧性的机械变形，例如，它可以折叠而不会破裂。可以想像可折叠的设备，以及许多新的形式，以及整合和分布的创新概念。 目前，电子设备的实现（例如，手机）需要许多技术获得的各种组件。石墨烯通过在同一材料中包含不同的特性，可以为建立几乎所有设备组件的全面技术平台提供机会，包括晶体管，电池，光电组件，光伏电池，光伏电池，（照片）探测器，探测器，超快激光器，生物化学传感器和物理化学传感器和物理化学传感器等。英国将有机会利用优秀的研究人员和制造商的协同作用，重新获得全球信息和通信技术行业的重要地位。我们的愿景是将石墨烯从原始潜力的状态带到可以彻底改变柔性，可穿戴和透明（Opto）电子设备的地步，并在创新和剥削方面具有多种回报。石墨烯在成本优势以及属性和性能的独特性方面都有好处。它将启用廉价，能源自主和一次性设备和通信系统，并集成在透明且灵活的表面，并应用于智能家居，工业流程，环境监测，个人医疗保健等。这将导致最终的设备可穿戴能力，新的用户界面和新颖的互动范例，并在沟通，游戏，媒体，社交网络，体育和健康方面提供新的机会。通过启用灵活的（Opto）电子产品，石墨烯将允许利用有机电子产品（有机LED，导电聚合物，可打印电子产品）的公司的现有知识库和基础设施，以及用于收集和支撑许多分布式技术能力的独特协同框架。拟议的剑桥石墨烯中心的战略重点将是围绕灵活和节能（OPTO）电子设施的主要挑战而建立的活动，该电子产品是一个独特的启用平台。这将使我们能够通过化学蒸气沉积和液相去角质生长和生产石墨烯； 2）准备和测试墨水，直至受控且密切监控的飞行员线。该目标是每周几升优化的解决方案和油墨，准备向现在和未来的合作伙伴提供在其工厂中进行测试的合作伙伴； 3）根据石墨烯和相关材料设计，测试和生产各种柔性，天线，探测器和RF设备，涵盖所有当前和将来的波长范围； 4）原型和测试柔性电池和超级电容器，并打包它们以在逼真的设备中实现。我们目前和未来的工业合作伙伴将能够在该设施中进行试验性研究和设备原型制作，然后再进行现实的工业环境进行大规模测试。衍生公司将孵化，初创企业将能够将其更基本的工作签给该设施。

项目成果

Terahertz photodetection in scalable single-layer-graphene and hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures

• DOI: 10.1063/5.0097726
• 发表时间: 2022-07-18
• 期刊: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
• 影响因子: 4
• 作者: Asgari, M.;Viti, L.;Vitiello, M. S.
• 通讯作者: Vitiello, M. S.

Chip-Scalable, Room-Temperature, Zero-Bias, Graphene-Based Terahertz Detectors with Nanosecond Response Time.

• DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06432
• 发表时间: 2021-11-23
• 期刊: ACS nano
• 影响因子: 17.1
• 作者: Asgari M;Riccardi E;Balci O;De Fazio D;Shinde SM;Zhang J;Mignuzzi S;Koppens FHL;Ferrari AC;Viti L;Vitiello MS
• 通讯作者: Vitiello MS

Graphene-black phosphorus printed photodetectors

• DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/acc74c
• 发表时间: 2023-07-01
• 期刊: 2D MATERIALS
• 影响因子: 5.5
• 作者: Akhavan, S.;Ruocco, A.;Ferrari, A. C.
• 通讯作者: Ferrari, A. C.

Transport conductivity of graphene at RF and microwave frequencies

• DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/3/1/015010
• 发表时间: 2016-03-01
• 期刊: 2D MATERIALS
• 影响因子: 5.5
• 作者: Awan, S. A.;Lombardo, A.;Ferrari, A. C.
• 通讯作者: Ferrari, A. C.