Graphene was first isolated in 2004 and it is known to all that graphene finders received the Nobel Prize in 2010. Today, it is only a short span of a dozen years.Although the global graphene industry is still in its early stages, Public favorable for new materials of graphene, resulting in artificial fire of the graphene industry is overwhelming, showing a 'suddenly like a spring breeze, thousands of trees pear tree bloom' false prosperity.
In particular, some areas with relatively abundant graphite resources have even confused the graphite mine with graphene and regarded the development of the graphene industry as 'a miraculous cure' for the transformation and upgrading of the local economy. They all plan and construct the graphene industrial park.
On January 30, at the "2018 China International Graphene Industry Development Forum and Annual Meeting of Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance," experts at the participating forums visited China for the graphene industry in China. , Out of the 'recipe'.
Become the new darling of the times
In fact, the discovery of graphene won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010, the world has set off a boom in graphene research and development. Currently, graphene has become the focus of global revolution in new technology and new industries, some industry experts even made it '21st century into the carbon era' judgment.
At present, the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions to release policies to support the development and industrial application of graphene functional devices.European and American companies occupy the key links in the global graphene industry chain, graphene preparation technology, composite materials, core electronic components And other applications to maintain the leading edge.
Graphene has become a key development field of China's cutting-edge new materials and is an important starting point for China to speed up a new round of technological revolution.China has issued more than 10 graphene-related policies since 2012. In 2015, the first graphene National Program Document "Several Opinions on Accelerating the Innovative Development of Graphene Industry" proposed that the graphene industry be transformed into a pilot industry and a sound graphene industrial system should be established by 2020. In December 2016, the leadership of the national new material industry The formal establishment of the group is undoubtedly a milestone in promoting the development of new material industries including graphene.
In 2017, the successful development of graphene heavy-duty anti-corrosion coatings, the batch application of graphene lithium battery conductive agent and the rapid popularization of graphene electric heating products make people truly feel the development of graphene industry.
Undoubtedly, graphene, as a precursor of new material industry, plays an increasingly significant role in driving transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industry, fostering the growth point of new industries, promoting public entrepreneurship and creating innovation among many people. Under the guidance of the national policy, graphene At present, the embryonic form of the whole graphene industrial chain in China is beginning to emerge, covering the whole process from raw materials, preparation, product development to downstream applications, and has basically taken shape in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as a gathering area, Graphene industry pattern in 2016. In 2016, the total size of graphene market in China exceeded 4 billion yuan and has formed a series of applications in the fields of new energy, big health, composite materials, energy conservation and environmental protection, graphene raw materials, graphene Equipment six market segments.
According to statistics, the current number of graphene patents in China is the highest in the world. There are over 2,000 graphene enterprises registered in China, and there are more than 40 graphene industrial parks, research and development centers and alliances.
As the nation with the strongest comprehensive strength in graphene research, Beijing has a large number of research institutes engaged in graphene research such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and National Nanoscience Center. With more than 20 academic leaders And related key research and development team from 2007 to 2015, the cumulative number of graphene patents reached 1187, the unit of GDP in the number of patent applications ranked first in the country.Currently, Beijing's graphene R & D achievements have been achieved with the international and run In some areas, the international leader and the application areas also have their own characteristics. A large number of innovative enterprises with industrialization capabilities have emerged.
The Beijing Graphene Institute, led by a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor of Peking University, Liu Zhongfan, is the first pilot unit of the new R & D center of the Beijing National Science and Technology Innovation Center and is well received by the community.
'The institute will focus on the layout of the core materials and equipment for graphene industry research and development, enterprise R & D foundry and results incubation transformation of the three major business segments, highlighting the technical guidance, mechanism innovation and collaborative innovation, commitment to building a leading global graphene industry innovation center, The next 10 years, the Institute will strive to create a scale of 300 billion yuan to form the graphene industry cluster. "Liu Zhongfan said with confidence.
In order to solve the problems of production, study, research and development, Zhonggun Village Graphene Industry Alliance came into being as soon as possible to get through the 'last mile' of industrialization of graphene and promote the excellent scientific research achievements of graphene industry to real productivity as soon as possible.
As an important part of the development plan of "one body with two wings" in Beijing's graphene industry, the alliance aims at building the industrial ecology and promoting the close combination of production, study, research and capital in the industry to boost the core technological achievements of universities and research institutes To the transformation of production enterprises, and actively promote the healthy development of the domestic graphene industry. "Zhongguancun Grades Industry Alliance Secretary General Zhou Jing said.
Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance, Zhongguancun management committee is full of expectations.Zhongguancun Industrial Property Deputy Director Xu Jian said that graphene is the 21st century on behalf of China's competitiveness of a material in Beijing just released the top ten Exquisite industrial policy and Zhongguancun 's "13th Five-Year" policy, all regard graphene as one of the key development links in the industry. In 2016, we supported the Peking University Joint Zhongguancun Graphene Enterprises and Development Group to establish Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance , I hope that through this platform to integrate upstream and downstream of the graphene industry industrial resources, building industry cooperation platform to promote industrial cooperation.
'Virtual fire over' should be rational
Materials are the foundation and support for the development of the national economy.As a new material, graphene, with its special functions and excellent properties, has endured too much expectation as soon as it came out.It is precisely grasping the graphene to give Local economic restructuring has brought new "enemies," blindly followed up in many places and swarmed into mass production to build a graphene industrial park.
However, behind the bustle is the chaos, the only momentous bustling permanent pain.It can not be mentioned that the current graphene industry in our country is still facing some deep-seated problems, weak basic research capabilities, the lack of leading enterprises, Upstream and downstream enterprises out of line, the immature industry chain, overcapacity in the capital market, the concept of graphene, lack of industry standards, have seriously hampered the healthy and sustainable development of graphene industry in China.
In particular, we can not ignore the current graphene industry in China is still in its infancy, the market application of low-end products, high value-added products less, and graphite resources, the number of countries and applications for the number of patents do not match.
According to statistics, at present, there are more than 40 graphene industrial parks, graphene innovation centers and graphene research institutes built or under construction in China, and more than 2,000 enterprises are involved in graphene research and development. Engaged in the research and development of graphene raw materials and products, and this number is still growing gradually. "Wei Di, executive president of Beijing Graphene Institute and vice chairman of Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Federation, said: 'At present, the vigorous Great Leap Forward' Graphene movement 'is not desirable, and the future of the graphene industry will be built on the killer application of graphene materials, not as a goafy additive.'
Weidi said that at present, some products on the domestic market, including clothing, coatings, composite materials, adsorption and lubrication products, as well as graphene lithium, graphene phone touch screen, represent the mainstream of China's current research and development of graphene, it should be said International is in the first square team.But compared with foreign countries, we are still lagging behind, the EU flagship graphene program launched in October last year, 17 new graphene research projects, they are concerned about the super-graphene car, IoT sensors, wearable devices and health management, data communications, energy technologies and composites.
XIAO Jinsong, director of the Materials Department at the CCID Research Institute, took the same view, saying that China should beware of the graphene industry being trapped in low-end traps.
'Like the EU flagship program in 13 areas, basically in the communications, electronic information, health care, equipment, wearable devices, the United States and the EU roughly the same direction, and we are mainly concentrated in graphene composites, functional materials Fields such as energy storage materials, coatings, improved fibers, thermal management materials, etc. Compared with the United States, we tend to be low-end in graphene applications and directions. "Xiao Jinsong said that from the industry and materials Development point of view, we have to rational development, but from the national level, from the industry side, should be towards the direction of high added value, do not toss to the end are for others to do wedding dress.China's domestic graphite sold five or six thousand yuan One ton, the result of export to Japan, a processing back, it became more than 60,000 yuan a ton, because we are producing low-end products, the added value is not fully reflected.
In the Zhongguancun Development Group, an assistant to the General Manager, Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance Executive Director Jia Wei point of view, China's graphene industry is in the ebb and flow of sand to pseudo-true stage.He said that in 2017, the graphene industry is a crucial year, Graphene industry standards continue to be clear, high-quality graphene film preparation level significantly improved, graphene powder application has been a certain degree of market validation, graphene industry Ebb Tide, and gradually entered the key stage of development to the pseudo-existence.
The road to development is still long
Just as any new thing can not be smooth and can not be accomplished in a single step, graphene is only in its developing 'boyhood' for just over 10 years. The road to growth and development in the future is still long and requires relentless efforts on all fronts Work hard.
"From a scientific innovation point of view, it is a long-term journey on a step-by-step basis and a difficult marathon race, which has just started out in the graphene industry. To demonstrate the unique performance of graphene, There is still a lot of scientific research work to be done, there is no real scientific and technological innovation, difficult exploration and lasting research, China's graphene industry can not quickly achieve the kind of prosperity we expect. "Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission Director of New Materials Development Xiao Lan said.
Talent is the basis for the development and growth of the industry and it is of crucial importance for the leading role of graphene in this technology-intensive industry and high-tech talent. It is understood that in order to build a multi-level talent pool and train a group of modern graphene industry leaders with an international perspective Talent, drive the healthy development of China's graphene industry, in 2018, Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance will work together with the Ministry of Industry and personnel exchange center in the industry to carry out 'graphene industry talent cultivation project' .The project is divided into three components: to lay a solid industrial base Graphene industry technology advanced seminar, focusing on application development of graphene + series of seminars and training of high-end talent overseas leader project.
'Through the implementation of the project of talent cultivation, we will further consolidate the industrial foundation of graphene in our country, train a batch of industry-leading talents and leading enterprises with a modern vision and promote our country's graphene new material industry to lead the world.' ' Peak said.
For the emerging graphene industry, expanding information exchange and implementing patent sharing is undoubtedly a big shortcut for realizing the "cornering overtaking." On January 30, 2018 China International Graphene Industry Development Forum and Zhongguancun Graphite Ethylene Industry Alliance Annual Meeting, Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance to build the entire industry chain information service platform 'Graphene Information Network' came into being.
'At present, due to the general public's gratification for the new graphene materials, resulting in a variety of information on graphene overwhelming, quite a mixed bag, is not conducive to the healthy and orderly development of the industry, the urgent need for a professional and authoritative information platform.' Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance Vice Secretary-General Ban Jianwei introduction, the site for all aspects of the graphene industry chain, divided into information, industry research, industry services and industry alliance of the four plates, mainly to provide information and information, industry research, project docking, product display and other services. On the basis of building a project library, expert library, technical library and talent pool, and actively promote technology, capital, projects, talent docking, and promote the development of graphene industry.
At the same time, in order to promote the transformation of excellent graphene scientific research achievements, Zhongguancun Graphene Industry Alliance and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Intellectual Property Operations Management Center in-depth cooperation, participated in the Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Pratt & Whitney scheme' shared patent pool work and quality patent auction, won the Chinese Academy of Sciences Priority grants and cooperation rights for graphene patents in research institutes.
There will be 777 Pratt & Whitney plans to share patents in the patent pool in the industry by 2018, and 1006 high-quality patents will be publicly auctioned in the whole society. We have now started the 'Green Passage' of the GSP grants program of Zhongguancun. The implementation of the plan will further promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and enhance the innovation and competitiveness of enterprises. "An Li Li, assistant director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences's Intellectual Property Operations Management Center, said.
Graphene industry needs technological innovation to drive and lead.Beijing as the leader of the country graphene, the development of graphene industry has a benchmark.Jia Weili said that in 2018, Beijing's graphene industry should focus on building a Global innovation of the National Science and Technology Innovation Center of the major strategic requirements, breaking through a group of global, forward-looking, driven by the key technologies to strengthen the capacity of the original innovation, vigorously develop the original basic research, spawning key technological breakthroughs, triggering industrial changes, help Push the graphene industry in Beijing and climb to the high end of the international value chain.
For the graphene industry, only with a rigorous and innovative scientific attitude, to consolidate the industrial base, build a good industrial ecology, step by step, from point to surface breakthrough, in order to promote the entire industry to Industrialization forward.
'China's graphene industry overall good foundation, the development trend is good, but there have also been a lot of coaxing and hype over chaos, graphene industry professionals have to play a responsible spirit and craftsmanship, solid industry-oriented technology, courage Say no to all kinds of adverse phenomena in the industry and truly shoulder the heavy responsibility of the development of China's graphene industry. "Liu Zhongfan said.
Do not let the clouds look into the eye, the length of time should look at the amount of graphene industry 'Ethylene' road in the end how far can we go!