Let’s Talk Graphene

Find the right graphene material for your application.

Whether you are improving concrete, coatings, batteries, composites, thermal materials, or exploring a carbon-rich waste stream, DeaconTech can help connect the material form to the performance target.

Start the conversation with the problem, not the product name

  • InputDo you have a carbon-rich waste stream, or are you buying graphene for formulation work?
  • TargetConductivity, strength, corrosion resistance, thermal transfer, barrier protection, or energy storage?
  • FormPowder, dispersion, slurry, masterbatch, or customer-specific development?
  • DataSEM/TEM/Raman support, TDS, SDS, and third-party review information where available.
FocusApplication First
MaterialsFLG · GNP · rGO · GO
Use CasesConcrete · Coatings · Energy
SupportSEM/TEM/Raman + TDS/SDS
01 — How We Think About Graphene

Graphene is a family of materials, not a single product.

A coating company, a concrete producer, a battery developer, and a university lab may all ask for “graphene,” but they usually need different material properties.

The right answer depends on the application, processing environment, loading level, host material, and performance target.

The better question is not just “is it graphene?” The better question is: which graphene form, at what quality, at what loading level, in which host system, and with what performance target?

  • /01Performance targetConductivity, strength, corrosion resistance, thermal transfer, barrier protection, durability, or energy-storage behavior.
  • /02Host systemWater, cement, solvent, resin, polymer melt, dry powder blending, or electrode formulations.
  • /03Material formPowder, dispersion, slurry, masterbatch, functionalized graphene, or customer-specific development.
  • /04DocumentationSEM/TEM/Raman support, TDS, SDS, and third-party testing information where available.
The best graphene conversation starts with the customer’s actual problem. DeaconTech can help narrow the material form before time and money are wasted testing the wrong graphene type.
02 — Material Selection

Match the graphene type to the job.

DeaconTech focuses on practical graphene and graphene-related carbon materials that can be evaluated in real industrial systems.

Primary

Turbostratic graphene

Strong fit for waste-carbon-derived materials, concrete, coatings, composites, batteries, and energy-storage research.

Primary

Few-layer graphene

Useful where industrial practicality, conductivity, reinforcement, and thermal behavior matter.

Primary

Graphene nanoplatelets

Practical bulk additive category for coatings, concrete, polymers, rubber, composites, and thermal materials.

Development

GO, rGO, functionalized graphene

Specialty categories for water dispersion, surface chemistry, conductivity, and customer-specific compatibility.

Material availability, sample timing, and documentation depend on the customer’s application and the current production or development status of each grade.

DeaconTech Bio-Graphene Powder

DeaconTech Bio-Graphene Powder is positioned as a waste-carbon-derived graphene-related carbon powder for industrial additive applications.

It is designed for conversations around performance, landfill diversion, carbon-rich waste reuse, concrete, coatings, composites, batteries, and energy-storage research.

01

Waste-derived material story

Useful for customers who care about both material performance and a circular-economy pathway for used carbon or carbon-rich waste streams.

02

Application-specific testing

Material should be tested against the customer’s actual system: cement mix, coating resin, polymer matrix, electrode formulation, or other host material.

03

Technical review support

Customer discussions can be supported with SEM/TEM/Raman data support, TDS/SDS documentation, and third-party testing information where available.

03 — Application Matching

Where graphene can fit in industrial products.

The best graphene type depends on the customer’s target market and the problem they are trying to solve.

Concrete and cement
Turbostratic graphene, dispersed graphene nanoplatelets, graphene oxide, or functionalized graphene may be discussed for strength, durability, lower permeability, and sustainability-focused construction materials.
Coatings
Graphene nanoplatelets, few-layer graphene, rGO, or functionalized graphene may support barrier protection, corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance, conductivity, and weathering performance.
Batteries and supercapacitors
Turbostratic graphene, few-layer graphene, rGO, graphene nanoplatelets, or graphene nanoribbon-type materials may be discussed for conductivity, surface area, charge transfer, and electrode support.
Composites and polymers
Graphene nanoplatelets, functionalized graphene, few-layer graphene, GO, or rGO may help with mechanical reinforcement, thermal behavior, electrical pathways, and polymer compatibility.
R&D teams
Application-focused samples, material discussions, SEM/TEM/Raman support, TDS/SDS documentation, and third-party review information can help teams decide what to test first.
04 — Conversation Guide

What to know before testing graphene.

The more clearly the application is defined, the easier it is to recommend a material form and avoid wasting time with the wrong graphene type.

Question 01

What material are you improving?

Concrete, coating, polymer, battery electrode, ink, membrane, composite, thermal pad, or another system?

Question 02

What performance target matters?

Conductivity, strength, corrosion resistance, thermal transfer, barrier protection, durability, or energy storage?

Question 03

What documentation is required?

SEM, TEM, Raman, TDS, SDS, third-party testing, safety review, or procurement documentation?

05 — Waste Stream Conversations

Have a carbon-rich waste stream?

DeaconTech is also interested in conversations with companies that generate carbon-rich waste streams and want a better outlet than landfill disposal.

Potential feedstock fit

  • Agricultural waste and plant-fiber streams
  • Electronic waste and carbon-containing components
  • Used carbon streams from industrial processes
  • Other carbon-rich waste that may be suitable for conversion

Why it matters

  • Potential landfill diversion
  • Carbon reuse and circular-economy positioning
  • Support for sustainability reporting
  • Potential carbon-credit or environmental-credit pathways where applicable and independently verified

Any carbon-credit, environmental-credit, or landfill-diversion claim should be handled through the applicable third-party verification, documentation, and program requirements.