In the run-up to a national conference focusing on how new materials can help drive the e-car revolution entitled Automotive Advanced Materials: 2D or not 2D? Richard Fields, a Research Associate at the National Graphene Institute, a world-leading facility that supports Royce’s 2D materials research, discusses the challenges for the future of electric transportation and energy storage – and how graphene has the potential to provide a solution.
In a progression of examinations directed a month ago, Cambridge analysts experiencedweightlessness testing graphene’s application in space. Acting as a major aspect of a joint effort between the Graphene Flagship and the European Space Agency, scientists from the Cambridge Graphene Center tried graphene in microgravity conditions out of the blue while on board an illustrative flight – frequently alluded to as the ‘regurgitation comet’. The investigations they led were intended to test graphene’s potential in cooling frameworks for satellites.