Constraints in Journey of Graphene from Laboratory to Life

Graphene extraction through exfoliation was reported in 2001. Researches revealed many attractive properties of graphene, such as excellent strength, good thermal and electrical conductivities, high surface area, its potential to absorb and store harmful gases, etc., for which graphene is being seen as a wonder material. Though multiple benefits with graphene as a material are observed in the research findings, still the adoption of this wonder material is not visible in common public life. Experts opine that new materials take longer time before penetrating into the domain of public use, citing previous instances. However, in the twenty-first-century world, where information travels really fast, it is not unfair to expect greater spread of graphene by this time. The associated factors responsible for the poor availability of this excellent material and the constraints to be overcome for its implementation in common life have been reported in this paper. Firstly, the paper attempts to assess the use scale of graphene in laboratories and in real life. The established graphene institutes and the different research areas are highlighted in this work. Further, the statistical analysis of the research publications in Scopus database is presented to assess the research progress in the field of graphene. The graphene-based products those are commercially available so far also have been reported in this investigation for showing its importance in common life. In the subsequent sections, the constraints in commercialization are presented based on the published literatures and reports.