The Winter Olympic Games carried more than the ice pier and the graphene called “the king of new materials”. It is worth mentioning that with the heat brought by the Winter Olympic Games, graphene will be applied to various fields, such as intelligent wearing goods, new energy vehicles and clean heating.
Industry insiders said that the application of graphene material in the Olympic Games scene enables consumers to further understand the function of this material, which also provides an opportunity for its popularization and development. With the continuous advancement of technology and cost reduction, graphene materials will be widely used in daily life.
help the Winter Olympics
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics at minus 7 degrees Celsius, graphene became the “Darling” of heat preservation and was applied to all aspects of the work of the Winter Olympics.
New graphene flexible heating fabric materials have been applied to the interior of the seats and carpets of the auditorium of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which can adjust the temperature and balance the temperature above 20 ℃. The second-generation graphene textile flexible heating material liner is also used in the Winter Olympic awards ceremony clothing, which can raise the temperature to the comfortable temperature of the human body in 30 seconds.
The relevant person in charge of Beijing innovation aishangjia Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Aijia technology”) told the Beijing Business Daily that with the support of Fangshan District government, Yanshan Office and Fangshan Park Management Committee of Beijing Centergate Technologies (Holding) Co.Ltd(000931) science and Technology Park, Aijia technology has developed the second-generation graphene heating material aihf iver for this winter Olympic Games. It provides graphene heating material AIHF AI and the overall heating technology for the seats, tables, Rugs, ice piers, warm hands, 5G cloud relay bags of the National Stadium observation stand.
Chen Lijun, chairman of Aijia technology, said that graphene materials have a good communication and persuasion effect on consumers after the demonstration and application of the Winter Olympics, which will accelerate and shorten the transformation, upgrading, promotion and acceptance process of graphene materials to a certain extent. Intelligent wearable products will occupy a considerable share in the future.
Cheng Weixiong, an independent analyst in the footwear and clothing industry, said that the application of graphene new materials in various equipment of the Winter Olympic Games has accelerated the application of graphene materials in various fields. Graphene has played a more catalytic role in various fields before this winter Olympics.
Public information shows that graphene is a new nano material with the highest thermal conductivity known at present. It has ultra-high strength and ultra-high thermal conductivity, and the electrothermal conversion efficiency is more than 90%. It has the title of “king of new materials” and “black gold”.
multi enterprise layout
In the post Winter Olympics era, all enterprises have also made efforts to the layout of graphene materials.
The relevant person in charge of Aijia technology told the Beijing Business Daily that in the post Winter Olympic era, Aijia technology’s technical scheme of “graphene intelligent heating products and thermal support application in low temperature environment” will be applied in the field of clothing and clothing for ice and snow sports, the field of military and police extreme cold special heating equipment, the field of clean heating with double carbon, the heating seats and heating systems of new energy vehicles In the construction of outdoor venues for urban development, we will continue to give full play to the energy and application of scientific and technological innovation, so as to make the scientific and technological achievements of the Winter Olympic Games from the Winter Olympic Games to the application field of urban development.
At the same time, Aijia technology also continues to seek technological breakthroughs. It is understood that Aijia technology, through increasing R & D investment, has established a R & D team of more than 80 people in cooperation with the graphene Research Institute of Manchester University, University of Tokyo, Beijing Institute of new materials and industrial technology and other top institutions, and invested 200 million yuan to develop graphene AIHF materials, breaking through key technologies such as low-temperature startup and operation, and rapid electrothermal conversion.
Nantong Johnson & Johnson graphene Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Johnson & Johnson graphene company”) is also constantly strengthening the R & D, production and application of functional fibers and new material fibers. Recently, Johnson & Johnson graphene released a variety of graphene fibers, including deodorization and formaldehyde removal composite functional fibers, insect and mosquito repellent functional fibers, and moisture absorption, perspiration and cooling composite functional fibers. At the same time, through the breakthrough in technology, the cost of graphene raw material preparation was reduced by 0.5 yuan per gram.
Insiders said that the substantial reduction in the cost of graphene raw materials has created basic conditions for the industrialization of graphene textiles, and is also conducive to graphene textiles flying into ordinary people’s homes faster.
Graphene new materials will also be widely used in Rural Revitalization. Beijing green energy JIAYE new energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “green energy JIAYE”) told the media that in the future, green energy JIAYE will invest more funds in R & D and production, so as to drive the coordinated development of graphene upstream and downstream fields, so that the “king of new materials” will no longer only stay in the laboratory, serve ordinary people and help the National Rural Revitalization Strategy.
towards mass consumption
The accelerated layout of the enterprise side also means that graphene will quickly move towards mass consumption.
At present, the whole graphene market is expanding. According to the data, from 2019 to 2023, the average annual compound growth rate of graphene market is about 56.39%. It is predicted that the scale of China’s graphene market will exceed 300 billion yuan and reach about 335 billion yuan in 2023.
Based on this, graphene products gradually appear in people’s life. In the field of down jacket, Anta, Fujian Septwolves Industry Co.Ltd(002029) , Skyler and other clothing brands have launched graphene clothing.
The reporter of Beijing Business Daily found that the graphene clothes launched by these brands are now facing the majority of consumers. Anta flagship store sells a variety of graphene down jackets and graphene sports jackets, with sales ranging from 200 + to 600 +. Skyler’s outdoor flagship store sells a variety of graphene warm down suits, with sales in the hundreds Fujian Septwolves Industry Co.Ltd(002029) flagship stores also sell graphene down jackets. Consumers say that “with it, you don’t have to be afraid in winter.”
Graphene products are selling well on major e-commerce platforms. Input graphene related entries on Taobao platform, pop up a large number of graphene products, and more than 10000 people pay for multiple products. Among them, the number of graphene underpants is as high as 60000 +; The monthly sales volume of graphene heating products is around 20000 +.
It is worth mentioning that while graphene is still hot, it is also facing many problems, such as cost, technological breakthrough and so on. It is understood that the current price of graphene is more expensive than gold. The cheapest one is 500 yuan / g. the price of high-quality graphene can reach 5000 yuan per gram, and some even fry it to more than 8000 yuan. This also leads to the high price of graphene products. The price of graphene down jacket is basically about 1000 yuan, while the price of graphene jacket is around 500 yuan.
The relevant person in charge of Aijia technology said that with regard to graphene heating wearable products, Aijia technology has been industrialized since 2017. A total of 500000 sets of graphene heating clothing have been supplied to the market. Coupled with its application in the Winter Olympic Games, it has been quite mature in terms of technology and acceptable to ordinary consumers in terms of cost.
However, from the industry perspective, the downstream application of graphene new materials industry is currently uneven in quality, lack of industry standards and bubble stage, which is also a breakthrough for the whole industry. Insiders said.
