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- Graphene electrode developed as part of EU project
- Project to develop cost-effective production of high quality large area graphene
- Applications are in graphene electrodes in OLEDs
(2D Materials Magazine)- The EU-project GLADIATOR has been funded to develop cost-effective production of high quality large area graphene for applications in electrodes. Project partner Fraunhofer FEP has announced it will demonstrate the integration of the graphene produced into Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). Graphene is used as an electrode in the devices, with future development expected in flexible devices, allowing for higher stability.
According to Beatrice Beyer, project coordinator: “Graphene is a very interesting material with many possibilities. Because of its opto-electrical properties and its excellent mechanical stability, we expect that the reliability of flexible electronics will be improved many times over.
The Fraunhofer FEP is coordinating the GLADIATOR project.
According to their website GLADIATOR (Graphene Layers: Production, Characterization and Integration) is a research project funded in part by the European Commission (FP7 grant agreement number 604000) that began on 1st November 2013 and will run for three and a half years (42 months). GLADIATOR seeks to improve the quality and size of CVD graphene sheets, and to reduce their production costs, in order to make the use of graphene more attractive e.g. in applications such as transparent electrodes for large area organic electronics.
