The best of 2020 - top graphene stories

2020 is soon over - and many in the world are really happy about that and hope that 2021 will bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. The entire world was effected, and the graphene industry and academia has been moving quickly to develop graphene-based technologies that could assist in the fight against the corona virus.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on Graphene-Info in 2020, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. How can graphene assist in the war on Coronavirus? (Mar 24)
2. Graphene amplifier may tap into the "terahertz gap" (Feb 6)
3. New graphene face masks repel viruses and bacteria (Mar 20)
4. MIT researchers use graphene to convert terahertz waves to energy (Mar 30)
5. planarTECH and IDEATI launch graphene-enhanced face masks (Apr 14)
6. New graphene biosensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 in under a minute (Apr 21)
7. Goodyear to launch bicycle tires with graphene technology (Jan 26)
8. New method uses hydrogen plasma to smooth out wrinkles in graphene (Jan 17)
9. New graphene-based lithium-air battery may enable longer-running EVs (Jan 12)
10. Flextrapower launches GO-enhanced protective face masks (Aug 11)

You can see the huge effect of the pandemic as half of our most popular stories relate to graphene facemasks and sensors.

Here are 2020's top ten graphene applications, ranked by the references at Graphene-Info. Here, also, it is not surprising that the most popular applications this year were medicine and sensors:

1. Medicine
2. Sensors
3. Batteries
4. Composites
5. Automotive applications
6. Coating
7. Supercapacitors
8. Thermal conductivity
9. Inks
10. Electronics

Here's for a healthy and exciting 2021!

Thank you,

Ron Mertens
Editor-in-chief
Graphene-Info.com