The Global Market for Graphene Quantum Dots

1              GRAPHENE         8

• 1.1          Properties           9
• 1.2          Types of graphene           10
• 1.3          Graphene materials        11
  • 1.3.1      CVD Graphene  11
    • 1.3.1.1   Applications       12
  • 1.3.2      Graphene nanoplatelets               13
  • 1.3.3      Graphene oxide and reduced Graphene Oxide    14
  • 1.3.4      Intermediate products  16
    • 1.3.4.1   Graphene masterbatches             16
    • 1.3.4.2   Graphene dispersions    16
• 1.4          Production          17
• 1.5          Quality  19
• 1.6          Assessment of graphene production methods    20
• 1.7          Demand for graphene 2018-2033, in tons              24
• 1.8          Commercial production capacities            25
• 1.9          Graphene oxide and reduced Graphene Oxide production capacities        26
  • 1.9.1      By producer       26
• 1.10        Graphene nanoplatelets production capacities   27
  • 1.10.1    By producer       28
• 1.11        CVD graphene film           29
  • 1.11.1    By producer       29
• 1.12        Graphene production issues and challenges         30
  • 1.12.1    Oversupply         30
  • 1.12.2    Quality  30
  • 1.12.3    Large-volume markets   31
  • 1.12.4    Commoditisation             31
  • 1.12.5    Industrial end-user perspective 32

2              QUANTUM DOTS             33

• 2.1          Properties           33
• 2.2          Synthesis             35
• 2.3          Types    36
  • 2.3.1      Cadmium Selenide, Cadmium Sulfide and other materials              36
  • 2.3.2      Cadmium free quantum dots      37
  • 2.3.3      Perovskite quantum dots             37
  • 2.3.4      Carbon and graphene quantum dots       37

3              GRAPHENE QUANTUM  DOTS     39

• 3.1          Composition      39
• 3.2          Comparison to quantum dots     40
• 3.3          Properties           41
• 3.4          Synthesis             41
  • 3.4.1      Top-down method          41
  • 3.4.2      Bottom-up method         42
  • 3.4.3      Comparison of synthesis methods            42
• 3.5          Applications       44
• 3.6          Markets for graphene quantum dots       45
  • 3.6.1      Electronics and photonics             45
  • 3.6.2      Energy storage and conversion  46
  • 3.6.3      Sensors 47
  • 3.6.4      Biomedicine and life sciences     48
  • 3.6.5      Anti-counterfeiting         49
• 3.7          Market and technology challenges           50
• 3.8          Global revenues for graphene quantum dots, 2019-2033                51
• 3.9          Pricing   52

4              GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOT SUPPLIER AND PRODUCT DEVELOPER PROFILES          53 (14 company profiles)

5              RESEARCH METHODOLOGY         65

• 5.1          Technology Readiness Level (TRL)             65

6              REFERENCES       68

List of Tables

• Table 1. Properties of graphene, properties of competing materials, applications thereof.               9
• Table 2. Applications of GO and rGO.       15
• Table 3. Assessment of graphene production methods.  21
• Table 4. Demand for graphene (tons), 2018-2033.              24
• Table 5. Graphene oxide production capacity by producer, 2014-2022.     26
• Table 6. Graphene nanoplatelets capacity in tons by producer, 2010-2022.             28
• Table 7. CVD graphene film capacity by producer, 2014-2022 in 000s m2.               29
• Table 8. Chemical synthesis of quantum dots.      35
• Table 9. Comparison of graphene QDs and semiconductor QDs.  40
• Table 10. Advantages and disadvantages of methods for preparing GQDs.              43
• Table 11. Applications of graphene quantum dots.            44
• Table 12. Markets and applications for graphene quantum dots in electronics and photonics.        45
• Table 13. Markets and applications for graphene quantum dots in energy storage and conversion.             46
• Table 14. Markets and applications for graphene quantum dots in sensors.           47
• Table 15. Markets and applications for graphene quantum dots in biomedicine and life sciences. 48
• Table 16. Markets and applications for graphene quantum dots in electronics.     49
• Table 17. Market and technology challenges for graphene quantum dots.              50
• Table 18. Prices for graphene quantum dots.       52
• Table 19. Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Examples.    66

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Graphene layer structure schematic.     8
• Figure 2. Illustrative procedure of the Scotch-tape based micromechanical cleavage of HOPG.       8
• Figure 3. Graphite and graphene.             9
• Figure 4. Graphene and its descendants: top right: graphene; top left: graphite = stacked graphene; bottom right: nanotube=rolled graphene; bottom left: fullerene=wrapped graphene.   11
• Figure 5. Types of CVD methods.               12
• Figure 6. Schematic of the manufacture of GnPs starting from natural graphite.   14
• Figure 7. Fabrication methods of graphene.         17
• Figure 8. TEM micrographs of: A) HR-CNFs; B) GANF® HR-CNF, it can be observed its high graphitic structure; C) Unraveled ribbon from the HR-CNF; D) Detail of the ribbon; E) Scheme of the structure of the HR-CNFs; F) Large single graphene oxide sheets derived from GANF.         18
• Figure 9. (a) Graphene powder production line The Sixth Element Materials Technology Co. Ltd. (b) Graphene film production line of Wuxi Graphene Films Co. Ltd. 19
• Figure 10. Schematic illustration of the main graphene production methods.        20
• Figure 11. Demand for graphene, 2018-2033, tons.           25
• Figure 12: Quantum dot schematic.         33
• Figure 13. Quantum dot size and colour. 34
• Figure 5. Perovskite quantum dots under UV light.            37
• Figure 14. Green-fluorescing graphene quantum dots.    39
• Figure 15. Schematic of (a) CQDs and (c) GQDs. HRTEM images of (b) C-dots and (d) GQDs showing combination of zigzag and armchair edges (positions marked as 1–4).      40
• Figure 16. Graphene quantum dots.        42
• Figure 17. Top-down and bottom-up graphene QD synthesis methods.    43
• Figure 18. Revenues for graphene quantum dots 2019-2033, millions USD              51
• Figure 19. Dotz Nano GQD products.       56
• Figure 20.  InP/ZnS, perovskite quantum dots and silicon resin composite under UV illumination. 60
• Figure 21. Quantag GQDs and sensor.     62

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