Major Breakthrough: Graphene Batteries FINALLY Hit the Market

Correction: I said the two scientists won the Nobel Peace prize, I misspoke. It was the Nobel Physics prize, sorry about that. Enjoy the video!

As someone who is doing a thesis on graphene, I may also add that twisted bilayer graphene is currently trending in graphene research, particularly because of its ability to manipulate the material’s electronic properties.

The batteries are a good stopgap, but I'm more interested in graphene supercaps. Hold more energy than any traditional battery, extreme longevity, and almost instant charging.

Ah yes, the Nobel Peace prize for uniting the two tribes of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

Damn! This is cool as hell! But I have to wonder about this vs solid state batteries, will they compete? Or will a way to merge them be found? Mind you, solid state batteries are still a few years away from market, but they are making good progress. Current lab samples provide similarly increased lifetimes in charge cycles as these graphene ones, but they also provide much higher energy density. No matter what happens, I'm excited to see what's next.

I imagine when chips get more energy efficient like the M1 from mac this will help battery life on devices too a lot in the near future, couple with this it'd be amazing if you could squeeze a week's worth of use out of your device without charging it. Only device I have I only have to charge once a week is my phone

Cutting down the charging period for electric cars would be the right step!

Can you imagine the day when Cold Fusion TV announces actual Cold Fusion working?

Hey ColdFusion! Thanks for the amazing video as always. May I ask as to how did you get the 30% additional cost data? Is it the added cost to a normal battery when manufactured by Real Graphene?

I'd imagine a colony in space with an atmosphere enclosed in a graphene case (a few atoms in thickness) that's thin and totally transparent and conducts current and can hold intelligent commands like any active device in electronics.

Cool. Excited to see when this will become the standard for electronic batteries and such.

Great video! I just wanted to say that the whole 2 layers of graphene being bullet proof thing is incorrect. Researchers fired a microbullet(1 micron in diameter) at 2 layers and the layers disintegrated, a few years ago researched at Rice fired a microbullet at 300 layers and it fully stopped the bullet, but this is still with a microbullet. A full bullet might require 1 million layers, however, even at 1 million layers it would only be .34mm thick!

I just ordered a 27,000mwh battery from an Aussie company. Amazing that this technology has gone from theory to technology in such a short time.

While graphene is definitely interesting stuff--there are related exciting materials also. For example, a Canadian researcher discovered that if you graphitize a cellulose material with a high content of crystalline cellulose (hemp, flax linen, ramie, etc) it becomes very highly conductive--as conductive as some lab created graphene samples and can store a lot of energy (especially in a super capacitor sense). He took some hemp fiber, soaked it in some water with potassium hydroxide and heated it up to around 800C (if I remember correctly) in a non oxygen environment.
While I can't say with certainty, it seems to be a sort of carbon nanotube/graphene like combo.
What's interesting is that one can fairly easily concentrate the crystalline cellulose. Hemp fibers for example, contain around 70% crystalline cellulose. You can easily concentrate that to around 95% content. If the former was quite conductive; just imagine how much the latter will be? Plus, it will also become nano sized when you put it through that process.
One could built a super solar oven (as I'm doing), and have a source of free energy to convert these cellulostic materials into carbons and graphites. As far as a no oxygen atmosphere, you can can do a low oxygen atmosphere fairly easily, just by putting some paper and baking soda combo over the materials to be heated in a closed lid container (like a steel can).
So if you can make a good amount of this stuff for relatively inexpensive, and create a super capacitor-battery hybrid, you could get pretty good energy density and charge time. This is what I'll be working on.

This appeared to me in the recommended videos. I saw the title and thought it would be just a talk about the real graphene company, without much additional info, but I am happy that I was wrong.
The video goes in depth of the basics of graphene, how it works, why it makes sense, and even the current downsides. Congrats on making a very informative video, and thank you for the content!

Graphene has hundreds of potential applications. I'm so freakin excited! Electronics, building materials, space technology, clothes, water desalination, solar panels, bulletproof windows, etc

Thank you, ColdFusion, your update is timely I was wondering why there appeared to be nil advance in regard to Graphene.
You mentioned the cost factor as one of the reasons, then of course how to manufacture an object that is only as thick as
an atom one would think it would be invisible or little more than. a transparent film

Fascinating! And really encouraging. Hadn't heard anything lately from mainstream media (no surprise there) and I'd been wondering what was happening in the graphene battery world. Thanks for the update. I am going to share your video with several friends who are also interested.

Great video shows there are promising breakthroughs for the future of safer, more efficient and faster charging batteries.

Its good to hear that there is a graphene battery available at last. I've been saying for a long time that electric cars and larger storage facilities will not 'take off' until graphene batteries are available at faster recharge times and at a reasonable price...Don

"Graphene can do everything, except leave the lab."

Imagine how powerful the first geaphine phone will be. From the battery to the protective screen. It'll be a but more expensive but it'll be the phone of the future

wow, phone charged in 15 minutes. Now Graphene finally starting to show its fruits. I was a bit worried there for last couple of years. Having read its potential in 2010 when nobel prize was given.

I'll believe it when I see it. I still think a big upgrade in battery tech for 'normal' every day devices is years and years away.

I hope this comes to fruition as this will be a game change for EV's. Much quicker charging, longer range and cooler batteries. I would then purchase one in a heart beat.

Graphene is one of the greatest inventions of the 21st. It is stronger than steel, very light and a good store and conductor of electricity. I can't wait for its use on cell phones.

As someone who works with steel I get triggered when I hear "x amounts of times stronger than steel". Steel is not one material. It depends on its composition. Some break easily when bent, others bend easily without breaking, others have a very hard surface. While I'm sure graphene is "strong", whatever that means. Making the comparison to steel requires one to be very specific with what type of steel.

Since the uk invented this battery it has been held back by high manufacturing costs which the consumer did not want to pay for outside specialist engineering... The lithion iron battery is coming to the end of the road giving way to cheaper produce sodium technology.. We may see a hybred battery soon using both these emerging technologies

seems very applicable for solar systems as well if it also can produce more energy density in same size it greatly enhance many enterprise solutions as well, well lets hope that day come sooner

Imagine the power of these batteries when used in electric skateboards and cars, could finally help make charging a quick thing!

Given that it was discovered just using scotch tape and regular graphite, one wonders why it took so long? Had no one conceptualized such a material previously? It is pretty fascinating that such a fundamental discovery is still possible after 100 years of modern science, and using such elementary techniques too.

Turnigy has had graphene enhanced batteries for years. They're really low resistance and give favorable power delivery characteristics for quads and trucks and don't seem to puff as easily. Far from what they promised graphene would do tho.

I love the technology especially nano graphing it has much use and we will expect more like bpapper fold like laptops in near future and more efficient cars and mobiles

Been hearing about solid state battery using capacitors. They charge instantly, can discharge hard without problems charge thousands of cycles and are light.
A hybrid battery with graphene and li-po for extended periods of use combined with solid state for boost will be like nitrous v-tec ludicrous mode for my e-bike. Better living through science!

2 minutes in, I've concluded that covering myself in tape and pencil shading makes me bulletproof

You never mentioned how important the advancement of battery technology would be for the medical profession. The Left Ventricular Assist devices (heart pumps) have developed to the point where very soon heart transplants will be outdated. The problem is the batteries to drive the pump which have to be carried externally. A cooler battery with higher capacity could be installed internally and charged transcutaneously. Thanks for the great video.

This is one of the biggest pieces of news I've heard in a while. I'm very hype for Graphene to come to market. In a sci-fi novel I wrote we had it 100 years from now, but to have it starting now is AWESOME.

Love your and your team's work. Keep it up.

As with anything new in technology, timelines are usually underestimated. Before you know it , it’ll be available on eBay . 🤯

Very nice indeed. In terms of environmental impact, how this compares with other more usual batteries? You did not mention that in the video 🤔

Really well made video, informative and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing your channel .

If graphene can double the current kWh capacity of batteries, then EVs will finally be a cost effective solution over all other gas vehicles.

Very interesting how this technology to this day still hasn't been used to improve battery performance. I could be wrong but from a marketing standpoint this is something big companies will avoid for as long as possible since there's quite a lot of people that buy a new phone after their batteries has worn out. With this that replacement-cycle would be lengthened. I just wish there was a company making the first step to push all others into evolving. Im absolutely not informed on the process of getting graphene but if the process is like Samuel Gong described it must be do-able with large funding and operating sites/larger production-lines.

So great to see this progress in batteries. It's the sector of tech that really holding the rest of technology back.

My understanding is that a graphine battery is really an array of super capacitors. Conventional batteries store energy in a chemical form and thus take time to process this input of energy. Capacitors store energy as an electric field and so do not need time for the chemical change process.

It finally feels like some of the different future tech being promised by all the pop science channels is starting to arrive.

Some of the 'wasted' heat of an ICE engine is useful -particularly if you live in cold climates. An electric battery must provide this heat energy too when needed. Using electricity for heat is quite inefficient. I mention this because its a factor to consider when comparing different engine technologies. It might be possible to replace a prop plane with an electric motor but a jet uses the full heat energy of the fuel... Large electric 'jet' planes are a long way off IMO.

If they ever make a car that can run for 4-500 miles on a single charge and recharge to full capacity in less than hour and has zero emissions and does less environmental impact than building and running a regular car for 10 years, I’m in. But while zero emissions is a worthy goal the mining of material used in these batteries is pretty terrible for the environment.

Have been around in model racing for YEARS....They have much higher charge and discharge rates, but energy density is still the same. The biggest problem with batteries we have right now is energy density. It's laughable compared to liquid fuels. Nonetheless, the video is good and explains the technology very well and clear.

"It's so strong that only two atomic layers can be bullet proof"
Press X to doubt

Whilst it is a graphene-augmented lithium cell it is a step in the right direction. The more people there are producing graphene and working on graphene cells, the faster we will have affordable cells providing the performance that graphene promises.
Battery technology has been an ever present performance bottleneck in various electronic devices for quite some time and this could make a meaningful difference.

What will this do to the environment when everybody starts throwing them in the trash or accidently breaks them ?

I just happen to watch Gary explain before this one. He was talking about the 5 nano meter chip. This will be the punch line of smart phones in a short while. Right now they're fighting over refresh rate

Title correction: graphene “enhanced” batteries are here!
Edit: in no way am I bashing the new batteries! Just simply stating the video titled it in a misleading way

Chemistry is my field, not electronics, so I have a basic question due to my ignorance on this subject. Too many terms are being used interchangeably. A battery produces a potential flow of electrons because two or more materials have an electrical potential difference between them. So lithium, and just about anything else, can be used as a battery. The same could be said for fluorine, which is on the opposite end of the electrical potential spectrum. Graphite, on the other hand, transfers electrons better than almost anything else, but it's electrical potential difference with other things is poor, very poor. So graphite would make an excellent, light weight "wire" or capacitor or generator or alternator, but not a battery. Please enlighten me; what am I missing when almost everyone talks about "graphite batteries"?

So let me get this straight;
graphene bank can charge phone in 20-30 minutes but will blow the battery in phone currently unless graphene itself or high C rated?
Seems like yinlong battery users are finally able to charge builds fast as hell but until actual cells in electronics change to match its not worth buying just yet...

Imagine this material use in something similar to carbon fiber.. maybe it'll be called graphene fiber... imagine the tensile strength of this thing... and the possible manufacturing application for industry... amazing

Obviously electric car and mega batteries will be great but I want one for my drone that will either last longer than 10-15minutes real time or to charge faster so I can fly more...and the other added be if it is that it'll last longer too

This is one of the few scientific breakthroughs as of late that I'm genuinely excited about. 30% extra cost for as much as 3x lifespan? That such a no-brainer it's not even funny.

Is it possible to use graphene to replace copper wires? Or maybe allow thinner wires to carry the same current? Can graphene be used for other applications, like simultaneous energy and data transfer? I think that would be awesome.

This is a great channel and I really appreciate all your information sharing!

Finally some good changes in battery world. I really love batteries. I love video games that have some kind of battery in them.

One thing we know, if you charge a normal battery or graphene battery with 60 watt, it will generate the same amount of heat into the battery and that will end up damaging the phone / melt it if it gets too hot, this is the main problem with battery charging, n1 not to break the battery, n2 not to damage the phone by charging at too high power.
60w is 60w regardless and will generate teh same amount of heat even if you're charging an iceberg.

seems to me the big market would be EVs. If you could, say, double the capacity of a car battery it would be a huge game changer

Can you do a video "How close are we to room temperature super conductors"? Could be a break through for energy system design connecting fusion, renewables, storage with no losses, and also transport like magnetic train/hyperloop.

I'd like to know if graffine at 4layers could be incorporated in to a body vest/ gun shot protection?

Lithium Ion is superior to Nickel Cadmium and Nickel Metal Hydride batteries because there was no reduction in operation when the battery was low on power like the other 2. It would give up the same amount of power from full charge until it was completely depleted.
Does the Graphene battery work in the same manner, full run power until fully depleted?

Ironically I just changed my phone's battery today, and it's still not holding as it should. Good to see this technology finally emerging into the market.

So they're basically lithium ion batteries with flecks of graphene in them. You've been able to get them for drones for a couple of years now, and you can get much better power levels from lithium titanate (can sharge and discharge 100% in 6 min).
The actually interesting graphene batteries are the pure graphene supercapacitors which are meant to have higher capacity than lithium, and charge / discharge in seconds, but you cant reliably produce large enough sheets of graphene for them to leave the lab yet

I've never been so excited like this for technology. This will literally change the world.

i imagine how they are able to filter co2 out of the air and use it to make graphene one day ^^

i'm holding out for graphene capacitors, a real life-changer. may get fusion power first...

And I got LG's "our batteries will kill you" ad, definitely the strangest way to sell your goods

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Today's phone batteries are doing just fine. By the time the batteries are dead we've long replaced the phone itself. Raising the price by 30% doesn't justify the benefits, yet. I could see it in laptops, or other devices that we don't regularly replace in three years.

If oppo use graphene batteries with their supervooc charging technology that would be insane

Can graphene be used for solar cells? It would be a quantum leap for humanity if possible.

This video kind of read like an advertisement for real graphene's product rather than a meaningful analysis of the underlying technology. As soon as I heard "graphene enhanced" alarm bells started ringing. I think the video title is misleading, this is a lithium ion cell battery with some graphene added in.

Essentially the same reason the AA battery makers added acetylene black (replacing previously used graphite) back in the 1990's.... increased capacity, longer life... Acetylene black is the 1 dimensional form of carbon (chain) with delocalized electron bonds (Carbon triple bonded carbon alternating with single bonded carbon forming a chain with delocalized electrons like graphene has).

I can't help but remember that quantum computers are bulky because they create a ton of heat from all the energy consumption and so they need tremendous cooling.
You guys see where i'm getting at?
This stuff would scale down those computers and maybe even make them faster since it would allow greater processing.

I read somewhere that Lithium-Sulphur batteries are the next big thing in battery technology, with many advantages over lithium-ion/air batteries...but I could be wrong🤔

If you know what "planned obsolescence" is, you've grown skeptical of tech improvements reaching the market

Graphene is the kind of classmate you see once at start of an assignment and never again

It will be interesting to see if this can be scaled up to provide Battery Systems to backup solar panels for overnight power supplies for residential use.

We need to build a 40 ton Graphene Main Battle Tank. It would be glorious to see entire tank squad fighting a single graphene tank.

I hope these graphene cells will be available in the 18650 size for DIY projects

Safety issues related to key materials and cell design techniques , including cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator, are the fundamental of the battery. Cell design and fabrication techniques also have significant influence on the cell's electrochemical and safety performances. Thermal runaway (TR) in single cell level would cause chain reactions and whole battery pack failure, resulting in catastrophic effect in electric vehicles or energy storage devices. Therefore, it's of vital importance to understand the factors which may potentially lead to TR in single cells. Battery Power Online that this is important because successful mitigation techniques ultimately lead to the design safer batteries with adequate thermal management systems. A few things can trigger thermal runaway events. Thermal runaway can be initiated from mechanical or thermal failures. Electro-chemical abuse from overcharging or over-discharging the cell can also initiate thermal runaway. Also, there’s the possibility of an internal short circuit within the cell leading to thermal runaway. Any of these events can lead to elevated temperatures that are high enough to induce rapid exothermic decomposition of the cell materials. However, graphene and other competing local materials can be a major breakthrough and further environmental issues if there are any as a result of waste disposal etc. of the materials.

Fantastic and since Tesla is already partnered with Samsung this is going to take Tesla and the rest of the world to an exciting new level!

Is there enough synergy for Real Graphene to partner with Giga Factory? They can both scale at maximum velocity.

Croly hap! Wonderful video!! Am 65+ now and am so jealous of you young guys that can roll these concepts so easily in your minds. At about age 14 I created a digital/analog controller for my electric race-car track; so I could race against myself. So, it was left brain creativity vs right brain hand eye coordination. I think. Anyway, I had a self driving lil race car! The exigencies of life may trip you up on your way to mastery of technology. "Be true to yourself" is the best you can do. Don't go playing rescuer for anyone. When AI meets graphene it's going to be great!

If these batteries can successfully get put inside electric cars and eventually dramatically lower the cost of them. And dramatically lower the time it takes to charge them. We could see much more EVs on the road in the next 10 years.
Of course we'd still need more charging stations to be construed.

Apple struggles with battery life. A battery that charges 4x faster with less overheat risk has to suit their ethos.

Graphene batteries are on the market for RC devices like planes, drones and cars/trucks. Haven't tired any yet for my RC planes...since they are more expensive. However, running cooler is always a positive. Life cycles may make it worth it as well.
Anyone using them in RC planes yet?

Benefits
1. They have more charge cycles
2. They charge faster
3. Samsung makes one that's 30% higher energy capacity
4. Can be made in same form factor.
Downside
1. More expensive
2. Not available

A year later Xiaomi has tested 200w chargers which charges a battery in 8 minutes

This single 9 minute video was jam packed with so much excellent news for everyday consumers. :) Thank you. Very well put together, I really appreciate this!

i had one LG G5 phone, the one with removable battery, seems it wasn't really that great of a idea as the phone becomes less durable it's kinda weak in structural

I have a 10,000 mAh battery charger which legit takes a near full 24 hours to charge from empty. It's a fairly thin one so it doesn't use those inefficient tube batteries but it still takes ages.
Charging that much in 24 hours would be amazing, although it wouldn't matter too much to me because I hardly use my battery pack & when I do it's got 2.1A fast charging so unless I'm camping for multiple days not using my car then I hardly need this charger & its plenty enough as is. Also I have 2 & considering I've never had to fully use the first one I'll say that for the moment I'm perfectly good with my battery reserves.

From carbon cell batteries to graphene batteries. Technology coming full circle.

10000 mAh = 10 Ah x 1.5V = 15 Wh - at what weight? Looking at the module, we guess 100g. This amounts to an energy density of 150Wh/kg or 0.15 kWh/kg . For a comparison, Diesel has 12 kWh/kg. This is a factor of 80.