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Nobel Prize-winner (together with Andre Geim) Professor and Kostya Novoselov Professor Volodya Falko from Lancaster University have released a graphene roadmap. The roadmap discusses the different possible applications for graphene and also the different ways to produce the material.

The authors says that the first key application is conductors for touch-screen displays (replacing ITO), where they expect can be commercialized within 3-5 years. They also see rollable e-paper displays soon - prototypes could appear in 2015. Come 2020, we can expect graphene-based devices such as photo-detectors, wireless communications and THz generators. Replacing silicon and delivering anti-cancer drugs are interesting applications too - but these will only be possible at around 2030.

IDTechEx released a new report (Graphene: Analysis of Technology, Markets and Players 2013-2018 ) on graphene analyzing the technology, market and players in the 2013-2018 time frame. While the material is exciting and has a lot of potential applications, they forecast that the market for graphene will only amount to $100 million in 2018.

The current market for graphene is the R&D sector, but the industry is now gearing up to move to some real applications - which include RFID, smart packaging, supercapacitors, composites, ITO replacement, sensors, logic and memory.

TechNavio released a new report titled Global Graphene Market-Analyst View. It covers the global market for graphene for 2015-2010, that expected to replace the use of silicon in the Semiconductor industry. According to this report, the market will grow at a CAGR of 58.7% in that period.

Electronics.ca published a new market research report (titled Graphene: Technologies, Applications, and Markets) in which they forecast that graphene-based product sales will reach $67 million in 2015 and $675 million in 2020. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2015 and 2020 will be 58.7%.

Here's how they see the market share of different graphene applications:

• Capacitors: growing from $26 million in 2015 to $340 in 2020
• Structured materials: $17.5 million in 2015 and $91 million in 2020.
• The display market: nothing in 2015 to $43.8 million in 2020.
• The photovoltaics: $7.5 million in 2015 to $35 million in 2020.  
• The thermal management market: $15 million in 2015 to $22.5 million in 2020.
• Other products: $1 million in 2015 to $142.8 million in 2020.