Archer turns graphite into graphene
Archer Exploration Limited’s (ASX: AXE) independent collaborations between The University of Adelaide and Flex-G Pty. Ltd (FlexeGRAPH) have proven successful in developing graphene materials using a number of different approaches, including publicly available and proprietary methods.
The University of Adelaide has developed materials including graphene powder and graphene oxide from Archer’s Campoona graphite using publicly available chemical and mechanical exfoliation processes.
Alternatively, FlexeGRAPH has successfully prepared a water-based graphene material dispersion using proprietary methodology involving surfactant assisted exfoliation.
The work with The University of Adelaide and FlexeGRAPH highlights our continued and successful collaborative efforts and provides Archer with commercial opportunities to develop high-value graphene integration solutions in an emerging and growing graphene materials market.”
Results of the technical analysis, performed at the world-class Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis at The University of Sydney and The University of New South Wales Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, confirmed that the graphite from the Campoona deposit could be used to produce multiple graphene-based products from a number of different methods.
This is critical for value-add applications and high-quality graphene production using graphitic feedstocks in the targeted areas of reliable energy, human health, and quantum technology.
Graphene materials and technology are emerging with the potential to broadly impact existing markets that service the electronics and additive manufacturing industries. Graphene material sales and device integration are expected to form part of the market value potential of approximately US$70 billion by 2030.
