LONDON: Graphene is arguably the most remarkable material ever discovered, and after years of experiments and research, scientists have finally created what they’re calling the first commercially viable graphene product: a light bulb.
Manchester University (the same place where the material was discovered) and a company called Graphene Lighting have teamed up to produce the graphene bulb.
The bulb doesn’t use a regular filament like incandescent bulbs. It has a graphene-coated LED light shaped like a filament. Scientists estimate it could be 10% more efficient and will last longer than traditional LED bulbs because graphene is such a good conductor.
The graphene bulbs could be on store shelves in only a few months at a “competitive price,” according to a press release from Manchester.
As the world’s first two-dimensional material, graphene is 1 million times thinner than a strand of hair, but 200 times stronger than steel. It’s been dubbed the “wonder material.”
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