Hybrid Nanomaterials
SYNERGISTIC BENEFITS ...
Versarien subsidiary Gnanomat S.L. (Madrid, Spain), develops novel hybrid nanomaterials combining graphene with metal (oxide) nanoparticles. Graphene-supported metal (oxide) nanoparticles form a very large family of materials whereby graphene provides a high surface area substrate that makes metal (oxide) nanoparticles accessible to the environment, allowing them to better perform their functions. Graphene adds electrical conductivity to oxides, which are usually poor conductors; electron injection from graphene into oxides increases the concentration of holes in graphene and may increase the conductivity of the entire hybrid material. Synergistic benefits are observed in a number of applications such as battery and supercapacitor electrodes, as well as in electrocatalysis.
The current methods for production of graphene-based hybrid materials require multi reactor chemical transformations, making their industrial production challenging and expensive. Gnanomat has patented an environmentally friendly, safer (no need for hazardous or toxic chemical reagents or solvents) and straightforward method for the production of hybrid materials in a one-pot synthesis procedure, which lends itself to low cost industrial production. Thanks to the unique features of our technology, it has the potential to become the gold-standard method for industrial production of hybrid nanomaterials, offering a solution to overcome the critical barriers in actually exploiting the benefits of these materials in energy storage devices and beyond.
