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Levidian Graphene - Model G1 and G3 - Revolutionary New Material
Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. As well as being the thinnest material ever discovered, its properties read as a lexicon of superlatives including incredible strength (40x stronger than a diamond and 300x stronger than structural steel), unparalleled low weight (0.001% the weight of a sheet of paper of equivalent size), possessing huge flexibility, and exceptional thermal and electrical conductivity.
t is the strongest known material to exist, yet it is also stretchy, light, corrosion resistant and water repellent. Its compatibility with many existing materials, from plastics to ceramics to metals, means it has the potential to integrate with every industry in the world. Hybrid mixes will create composite materials and more sustainable products, which will revolutionise the automotive, aerospace, power supply, construction and healthcare sectors.
Graphene is already making an impact and, with mass adoption, will change the world.
- High thermal conductivity
- Stable at high temperatures
- Extremely light
- Water repellent
- Significant tensile strength
- Corrosion resistant
How can graphene transform your business?
Levidian is at the forefront of exciting new developments - supporting industries around the world to incorporate graphene into their products to remarkable effect. It’s enabling them to achieve lighter, faster, safer, stronger results.
Below are just some of the places graphene can be used.
What could it help you achieve?
- Improved plastics, composites and resins : Thermoplastics, composites and motorsports applications
- Durable coatings, paints and adhesives : Inks, marine paints and coatings, aerospace coatings and adhesives, textile coatings, adhesives and sealants
- Enhanced oils and lubricants : Vehicle development, petrochemical operators and oil and gas specialised fluids
- Reliable battery tech and energy generation : Battery manufacturing, aluminium anodes, supercapacitors and cabling
- Strengthened aggregates : Concrete, superplasticizer producers and road surfacing and infrastructure
- Effective polymers and rubber technology : Polymer masterbatch, tyres, hoses, transmission belting and latex products
Graphene use cases
Graphene has the potential to create better, cheaper, and more sustainable composites.
From the benefits delivered in the composites production process, to improved strength, weight and abrasion resistance in end products, there are a multitude of opportunities from graphene.
Levidian graphene improves battery performanceWhat makes Levidian graphene the best choice?
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Produced continuously through the Levidian process, our graphene is consistent, with minimal variations between batches
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It’s produced in a moisture and oxygen free environment to minimise the impurities often found in exfoliated graphene
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With a high surface area ratio, it dries without restacking or clumping
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Our graphene flakes – often below 0.5 microns allow for easier mixing and integration with other materials
How does this impact battery performance?
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Levidian graphene – used as an additive in lithium ion batteries as a replacement for carbon black - shows a significant improvement in both charge and discharge rates
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It results in significantly higher capacity compared to carbon black with improvements of up to 20%
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Our graphene also results in high conductivity when used as an additive in electrode material
Levidian graphene is a product of our patented LOOP system. The carbon extracted via our process is locked into “bottom-up” graphene with no batch-to-batch variation.
Our graphene is primarily offered as a few layer non-functionalised graphene (Levidian G3), with a dominated single layer non-functionalised graphene (Levidian G1) also available.
Our graphene products are sustainable and, depending on production location, carbon negative.
We deliver graphene to customers for a wide range of applications. With the support of our Levidian Applied Technologies team, we can also develop dispersions, masterbatches, and other graphene products specifically to meet customer need.
How our graphene is produced
Levidian produces graphene using plasma chemistry via our decarbonisation device, LOOP.
The plasma cracking process allows the production of pure graphene from the simple input of methane gas. The process enables efficient volume production of ultra-high quality, consistent graphene, without the need for any additives, metal catalysts or purification.
The key benefits of how our graphene is produced are threefold: it is sustainably produced, scalable, and of consistent quality. Through our deployed network of LOOPs around the world, Levidian will be able to produce large volumes of consistent material to give customers the opportunity to utilise G3 graphene at scale. Using sustainable power, the graphene produced is also carbon negative.
Levidian has been awarded Verified Graphene Producer status by The Graphene Council, recognising our ability to produce a consistent, quality-controlled graphene product from anywhere in the world.
Application areas
Graphene is most powerful as a performance enabling additive for other materials.
Levidian offers a bespoke service to help companies utilise graphene in a range of applications to increase performance, including battery and energy transfer, thermoplastics, composites, concretes, and rubber products.
Levidian Applied Technologies
Levidian Applied Technologies (LAT) is our specialist team dedicated to developing graphene-enhanced products and solutions. Our experienced team can support with a wide range of product research and development requirements.
Starting from the earliest evaluation stages, the LAT team works with clients to determine the most appropriate approach to utilising Levidian graphene. We can conduct extensive testing in-house and have partnerships with other in-house and university-led research teams.