Graphene history: A quick look from discovery to application
2024
- January - Nanoxplore expands capacity in Quebec plant to accommodate higher customer volumes
- January - Researchers succeed in creating graphene-based functional semiconductor
- May - LG Electronics launches new TONE Free Wireless Earbuds with 'pure graphene'
- May - Lyten ships automotive Li-S battery A-samples for customer evaluation
- June - Black Semiconductor secures €254.4 million in funding
- July - Inbrain Neuroelectronics gets ready for first-in-human testing of its graphene-based brain implant
- July - NanoGraf begins production at scale to provide Military with better batteries
- September - world’s first human graphene-based Brain Computer Interface procedure takes places
2023
- January - Researchers develop graphene-based olfactory sensors to detect odor molecules
- January - Nationwide Engineering secures over $9.5 million for graphene-enhanced concrete
- February - Universal Matters acquired AGM IP and assets
- February - Paragraf acquired new manufacturing facility to boost production capabilities
- February - Honeycomb Battery merges with a $900 million SPAC
- April - Graphene Innovations Manchester signs $1 billion global sustainability deal
- April - Stolt Tankers enters agreement with GIT for graphene marine coating to be applied on 25 ships
- May - Logitech launches new graphene-enhanced gaming headset
- June - Lyten opens battery pilot line in the U.S. to produce graphene-enhanced lithium-sulfur batteries
- June - Researchers develop graphene-based ultrashort laser pulse technology
- June - LayerOne opens Norway’s largest graphene factory
- September - Lyten raises $200 million in series B equity round
- September - NanoXplore to supply graphene battery cells to a "well-known commercial vehicle OEM"
- September - Graphite One awarded $4.7 million to develop graphite and graphene foam fire suppressant
- October - New graphene production facility to be set up in Kerala, India
- October - Graphene Supercapacitors develop Skeleton Technologies secures €108 Million of financing
- November - The Australian Research Council launches a 2D materials research hub
- December - Nanotech Energy to start graphene-enhanced battery production in early 2024, accepts battery pre-orders
- December - Ora Graphene and Merry Electronics to soon ship off-the-shelf premium graphene-based headphone drivers
- December - HD Hyundai Heavy uses graphene-based dampening material in ship
2022
- May - New graphene-enhanced BAC supercar enters production at Liverpool factory
- May - Researchers succeed in synthesizing graphyne
- August - NanoXplore acquires XG Sciences assets
- October - Directa Plus to supply graphene for 250 km Italian motorway road surfacing project
- November - NanoXplore lays plan to expand production to 20,000 yearly tons
- November - Levidian and Eco Group announce first UK deployment of LOOP technology
- November - Lyten opens first 3D Graphene fabrication facility
- December - NASA is testing a graphene battery that could be a game changer for aviation and EVs
2021
- February - The EU awards €20 million towards a new graphene electronics plant
- April - Graphene masks deemed "potential health hazard" by Canadian authorities
- May - Graphene-based concrete used in a commercial setting for the first time
- August - Graphene-battery developer Nanotech Energy raised $64 million
- November- Graphene-enhanced lead-acid batteries launched in China
- November - NeoGraf Solutions inaugurates its 750-ton graphene production facility
2020
- September - Skeleton Technologies signs a €1 billion LOI for graphene super battery
- October - Graphene Flagship launches first European Experimental Pilot Line
2019
- January - NanoXplore raises USD$23 Million in a private placement
- February - Evergrande invests $21.4 million in Chongqing Graphene Technology
- March - ISO publishes standard on matrix of properties and measurement techniques
- April - Skeleton Technologies to invest €25 million in a new graphene supercapacitors plant
- July - Paragraf raises $16 million to push forward graphene-based electronics technologies
- July - Researchers develop a graphene device that can switch from superconducting to insulating
- December - New Graphene Flagship "Spearhead Projects" get €92 million in funding
2018
- May - New $1.5 billion graphene industrial park in Datong, China nears completion
- May - Graphenea launches new commercial GFET products
- September - Directa Plus unveils world's first road surface containing graphene
- September - The EU Graphene Flagship initiative moves to its 2nd phase
- October - Ford announces plans to release graphene-enhanced cars by the end of 2018
- October - Huawei's Mate 20 X smartphone launched with graphene film cooling technology
- December - The £60 million Graphene Engineering Innovation Center opens in Manchester
2017
- March - Researchers pave the way towards using graphene to repair spinal cord injuries
- August - Tata Steel launches first graphene-enhanced product
- September - Team group launches a graphene-enhanced SSD
- September - Graphene enables the detection of single photons
- October - First graphene ISO standard published
- October - Both Applied Graphene Materials and Haydale raise £9 million
- October - Team Group launches a graphene-enhanced gaming SSD
- November - Graphene-enhanced anti-corrosion system deployed across China
2016
- January - Skeleton secures €4 million to develop of graphene supercapacitors
- January - Applied Graphene Materials raised £8.5 million
- January - The Imperial College to allocate £50 million to find the next wonder materials
- February - Researchers design a way to make graphene superconductive
- April - Skeleton secures €3.5 million agreement for its graphene-based supercapacitors
- July - A graphene-enhanced vehicle unveiled in Manchester
- July - Dongxu unveils an impressive graphene-enhanced battery
- September - New technique creates defect-free graphene directly from graphite
- November - Huawei introduces a new graphene-enhanced high-temperature battery
- November - Biolin Scientific commercializes a graphene-oxide sensor
2015
- February - Grafoid gets $6.5 million award to automate graphene production
- February - Graphene 3D Lab to start mass producing graphene 3D printer filament
- March - The UK's NGI graphene center is officially open
- March - Graphene 3D Lab starts selling conductive graphene filament for 3D printing
- April - Directa Plus secures €5.5 million funding
- May - Graphene Sensors form a $36 million JV to commercialize graphene biosensors
- May - World's first commercial graphene-based supercapacitor chosen for use in spacecraft
- May - Vittoria launches graphene-enhanced cycling wheels
- June - Skeleton raises $10 million, launches world's first graphene-based supercapacitor
- June - Samsung use graphene to double Li-Ion battery capacity
- June - Graphenea to build a new $2.5 million graphene pilot production plant
- July - Angstron Materials secures $5 million to expand graphene commercialization
- November - Graphenano launches a manufacturing plant for graphene-based batteries
- December - European researchers reach graphene production breakthrough
2014
- January - IBM researchers fabricated the world's most advanced G-FET based IC
- February - two new graphene-based paints launched by Graphenano and TBA
- April - Haydale is the third company to go public in the UK
- April - Samsung announced a graphene large-area production process breakthrough
- June - Over 20 new projects join EU's $1 billion Graphene Flagship initiative
- June - Vorbeck launches the world's first graphene-enhanced battery product
- June - Graphene-Info is five years old!
- July - IBM to invest $3 billion to seek the next-gen chip technology, graphene is a candidate
- September - The University of Manchester to get a second £60 million graphene center
- September - Plastic Logic and the CGC demonstrate the first graphene-based flexible display
- October - Vittoria launchs the world's fastest bicycle wheels, uses graphene-enhanced rims
- October - Graphene 3D Labs show a prototype 3D printed graphene-enhanced battery
- December - New graphene-enhanced sports produts hit the market (skis, helmets and shoes)
- December - The UK to launch a £235m advanced materials research center in Manchester
2013
- January - The University of Cambridge establishes a new £12 million graphene center
- January - Graphene research program wins €1 billion in funding from the EU
- January - HEAD develops a graphene racket, now available
- February - Vorbeck and PNNL to bring bring graphene-based Li-Ion batteries to the market
- February - Cabot launched a graphene-based additive for high density lithium-ion batteries
- February - UCLA's laser-scribed graphene supercapacitors are ready for commercialization
- February - Bluestone Global Tech starts to offer 24" by 300" graphene films on copper
- March - The ERDF awards £23 million to Manchester University's NGI
- March - Lockheed Martin to commercialize a graphene-based water desalination technology
- March - Graphene-based speaker can outperform the best commercially available earphones
- March - Graphene Nanochem raised $50 million, now trades in the UK's AIM exchange
- April - The UK government funds a $5 million graphene membrane research at the University of Manchester
- April - Researchers develop a highly-conductive graphene ink for inkjet-printing
- May - Grafoid to mass produce affordable high-quality graphene materials called MesoGraf
- May - Korea to allocate $40 million towards graphene commercialization
- June - Cambridge Graphene Centre and plastic logic sign strategic co-development agreement
- June - MIT's graphene/molybdenum solar cells to achieve "ultimate power conversion"
- June - Haydale announce the availabiltiy of HDPlas graphene-based inks
- June - The UK launches a $1.5 million project to develop graphene-filled epoxy resins
- June - Controlling magnetic clouds in graphene may lead to Spintronics breakthrough
- June - LED embedded in a soft contact lens using graphene and silver-nanowires electrode
- July - Graphene used to cool electronic devices by up to 25%
- July - China to launch 15" graphene transparent film production
- July - Grafoid raises $3.5 million on the way to graphene mass production
- July - IBM developed a graphene-based infrared detector
- August - Graphene's negative resistance enables bandgap-less transistor design
- October - Europe launches the $1 billion Graphene Flagship project
- October - Bluestone Global Tech launches commercial graphene-FETs
- October - Thermene launches a graphene oxide based thermal paste for CPU cooling
- October - Boron Nitride encapsulation enables cleanest graphene yet, new contact design
- October - Cientifica raises $389,000, becomes world's first public pure-play graphene company
- October - Researchers propose a new all-graphene circuit fabrication process
- November - Applied Graphene Materials raises $16 million in a successful UK AIM IPO
- December- The world's largest graphene production plant is now operational in China
2012
- January - Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov have been granted knighthoods
- February - Durham Graphene Science raised £1.2 milliion to commercialize graphene mass production
- February - Graphene used to create the world's toughest fibers
- April - IBM developed a graphene-based Teraherz frequency photonic filter and polarizer
- June - The National University of Singapore invests $11 million in a graphene production facility
- July - Graphene can automatically repair itself
- August - Sony produces a 100-meter long graphene sheet with a new R2R method
- September - Graphene coating can make copper almost 100 times more resistant to corrosion
- November - Graphene nanoribbons trenches enable a substantial electronic bandgap
- December - UK gives £21.5 million more for graphene research
- December - MIT researchers develop a flexible graphene-based solar panel
2011
- January - Samsung manages to produce a 40" graphene sheet
- January - Vorbeck Materials raises $2.785 million to make graphene based inks
- February - Researchers develop a graphene-based high-performance bendable battery
- February - Graphene can be made to repel water very effectively
- April - IBM develops a 155 Ghz graphene transistor
- May - The EU suggests a 10-year, €1 billion graphene research initiative
- June - IBM developed a 10 Ghz graphene-based IC
- September - MIT opens a center for graphene devices and systems (MIT-CG)
- October - The UK government to invest £50 million in graphene commercial opportunities
- November - Sweden grants $6 million for graphene research
- December - The Siren alarm tag, the world's first graphene-based product is now shipping, Vorbeck raises $10 million to support development
2010
- January - IBM researchers manage to open a band gap in a graphene FET
- February - IBM developed a 100-Ghz Graphene RF Transistor, now works on 1-Thz ones
- April - European startup Graphenea established, raises $3.8 million to produce graphene
- June - Samsung managed to fabricate a 30" graphene sheet
- September - UCLA researchers developed a 300Ghz graphene transistor
- October - Tunneling-spin-injection is achieved in graphene
- October - Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win the 2010 Nobel prize in Physics
- December - Xolve raises $2 million to commercialize their graphene production process
2009
- June - Graphene-Info launches
- October - IBM researchers use graphene to develop ultra-fast photo detectors
- November - Samsung starts researching graphene
- November - Fujitsu produces graphene transistors at low temperatures
- December - Angstron Materials awarded $1.5 Million to develop Nano Graphene Platelets
The early years
- 2005 - Researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Columbia demonstrated that quasiparticles in graphene were massless Dirac fermions
- 2004 - Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester develop a simple method of isolating graphene from graphite
- 2002 - Nanotek Instruments files a patent for the production of single layer graphene
- 1962 - Hanns Peter Boehm, working on single-layer carbon foils, coins the term graphene
- 1948 - G. Reuss and F. Vogt publish the first TEM images of a few-layer graphene
- 1918 - V. Kohlschutter and P. Haenni describe the properties of graphite oxide paper
- 1859 - D.C. Brodie discovers the highly lamellar structure of thermally reduced graphite oxide
