Graphene-Info.com is a shill page offering networking and promotion services to the nascent "graphene industry". The Korean team's work, while interesting on the basis of pure science, has no indication of ever being practical or marketable. They haven't even bothered applying for a patent.
Some perspective: over the past 5-6 years, I have seen a raft of companies pop up promising better batteries. Their business plans are all fairly similar, but none really succeed (that I have seen); most are treading water, and few have produced returns. It seems breaking into the battery market is very difficult. Glass batteries, AC batteries, cheap graphene from biomass, silicon anodes, none have really succeeded, yet. Maybe a move to intermittent energy sources (e.g. wind, solar, hydro) which require batteries and transmission will drive adoption of new technology. If I were to guess, it will be a shortage of lithium, nickel, cobalt, etc.
thank you! this is pretty amazing to see. i suspect lithium ionization will prevail a while longer but it’s good to see some radical pragmatic application of any potential alternatives!
phones don’t really have a design problem that can be solved with transparency other than a gimmick.
However being able to integrate the battery and the display into the same structural element opens design options for other applications e.g. smart glasses.
It also can be used for other applications such as say UV/IR spectrum solar panels with the battery integrated into them which could be made into a drop in window or structural glass for architecture or for automotive applications for example.
