Graphene Coated Steel

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Title of Product/Design/Equipment.

Graphene Coated Steel

Graphene Coated Steel

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IPR Status

Patent/Abroad IPR Details

Patent Application No: PCT/IN2014/000310

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Application/Uses

Coating

4.

Salient Technical Feature including Competing Feature

A simple process consisting of dip coating followed by heating in inert atmosphere is available for the production of graphene coated steel. The same process can also be extended for graphene coating over other substrate like quartz. The graphene coated substrates produced using this process have the following silent features:

Improves the anti-corrosion properties of bare steel

Quartz shows sheet electrical resistance of 1OkQ with transparency > 83%, can be used as a transparent conductor

5.

Level/Scale of Development

Process is demonstrated on a A4 size cold-rolled steel sheet using batch­annealing furnace at Tata Steel, Jamshedpur

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Environmental Consideration

H20 and C02 gases release during heating

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Status of Commercialization

Process-know-how is ready for commercialization, up to A4 size substrate

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Major Raw Material to be Utilized

Shellac biopolymer and Iso-propanol

9.

Major Raw Plant Equipment and Machinery Required

A furnace capable of heating up to 100°C with controlled

atmosphere facility, Argon gas or mixture of 90 % Ar & 10 % H2, steel

and quartz substrates.

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Techno-Economics

Rs.l 0-20 for A4 size substrate

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Technology Package

(a) Process-Know-how, (b) Details of equipment & (c) Quality Assurance Methods. Assistance in setting up the plant on separate terms.