The project ran between November 2020 och August 2022.
The focus of the project was to develop the market for biobased graphene. The project consortium consisted of Bright Day Graphene, Alfa Laval, OptiPack and RISE. With Alfa Laval, a method was developed to manufacture anti-fouling surfaces for heat exchangers. With OptiPack, a method was developed to print barriers on paper used for packaging. For both applications, tests, evaluation and calculation of how the application contributes to increased value and an estimate of how the solution would improve the environmental impact were carried out.
An overall LCA for graphene production was also made. Another goal was to develop a process for producing the slurry used in graphene production. This led RISE to test precipitating low molecular weight lignin directly from black liquor which worked well. We have also developed methods to measure the quality of the graphene oxide that is produced where the oxide content can be determined.
Participants
Bright Day Graphene, RISE, Alfa Laval and OptiPack.
Budget
The project’s total budget was 4,4 MSEK.
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