Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

Join IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Dr Conor O'Brien on Thursday 23rd October for 'Cementing its Future: How Graphene Will Achieve Success in Concrete', an insightful webinar considering if its use in the construction industry could mark graphene's long-awaited breakthrough into mainstream markets and the associated commercial success. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

A complimentary collection of insights written by IDTechEx industry experts, covering key technology innovation trends shaping the next decade.

The increase in demand for high performance computing is resulting in the need for enhanced semiconductor performance, of which thermal management is a large component. This article covers some of the latest developments and favored materials involved in thermal management for advanced semiconductor packaging.

Thermal interface materials are responsible for transferring the heat from heat generating components onto a heatsink in electronic devices. This article covers IDTechEx's benchmarking of some of the most common materials, and the main applications for TIMs.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have rapidly scaled from laboratory production to a high-volume, critical additive in lithium-ion batteries, driving global capacity expansion and industry consolidation while putting downward pressure on material costs. Beyond energy storage, falling prices and increasing production open opportunities for CNTs in cost-sensitive applications, where they will compete with other advanced nanocarbons such as carbon black.

Conductive additives are essential materials in the construction of Li-ion cells. This article highlights how advanced carbons, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, are disrupting the Li-ion conductive additive market with their enhanced performance at lower loading quantities.

IDTechEx's research dives into some of most intelligent material technologies. This article specifically explores carbon nanotubes (CNTs), self-healing materials, and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

This article covers the importance of dispersion technology for enabling carbon nanotube enhanced technology, including energy storage and composites. IDTechEx discusses the key applications requiring CNT dispersions, commercial successes and technical challenges.

Carbon nanotubes exist within the advanced carbon family, which consists of many types and dimensions. This article explores some of the main applications and manufacturing methods for carbon nanotubes.