Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Down to Business
  • Published:

Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization

Nature Reviews Physics (2024)Cite this article

Subjects

20 years on from the isolation of graphene, over 150,000 graphene-related patents have been filed. Yet despite early promises of integration into semiconducting and photonic devices, the biggest applications to date have been in energy storage and polymers. This article analyses graphene commercialization over the past two decades and discusses the role of graphene in applications towards net-zero carbon.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Trends in graphene-related patent applications.

References

  1. Johnson, D. Europe Invests €1 Billion to Become “Graphene Valley” IEEE Spectrum (2013).

  2. Reiss, T., Hjelt, K. & Ferrari, A. C. Graphene is on track to deliver on its promises. Nat. Nanotechnol. 14, 907–910 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Barkan, T. Graphene: the hype versus commercial reality. Nat. Nanotechnol. 14, 904–906 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ratwani, C. R. & Barkan, T. Human trials suggest graphene inhalation may be safe. Graphene and 2D mater. 9, 3–4 (2024).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Andrews, J. P. M. et al. First-in-human controlled inhalation of thin graphene oxide nanosheets to study acute cardiorespiratory responses. Nat. Nanotechnol. 19, 705–714 (2024).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Novoselov, K. S. et al. A roadmap for graphene. Nature 490, 192–200 (2012).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Stankovich, S. et al. Graphene-based composite materials. Nature 442, 282–286 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. The Graphene Council, New Bern, NC, USA

    Terrance Barkan & Dexter Johnson

  2. The Graphene Council, Manchester, UK

    Chirag R. Ratwani & Kishan Thodkar

  3. ITA International, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Cary Hill

Authors
  1. Terrance Barkan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Chirag R. Ratwani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Dexter Johnson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Kishan Thodkar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Cary Hill
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Terrance Barkan or Chirag R. Ratwani.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Supplementary information

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Barkan, T., Ratwani, C.R., Johnson, D. et al. Mapping the landscape for graphene commercialization. Nat Rev Phys (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-024-00754-9

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-024-00754-9

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing