{"id":1113082,"date":"2019-04-28T15:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=984644"},"modified":"2019-04-28T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T15:13:57","slug":"scientists-use-graphene-to-create-diode-for-cheaper-and-more-durable-fluorescent-lamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1113082","title":{"rendered":"Scientists use graphene to create diode for cheaper and more durable fluorescent lamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, on a graphene surface.<\/p>\n

According to a brief<\/a> that explains their research, professors Helge Weman and Bj\u00f8rn-Ove Fimland, and Ph.D. candidates Ida Marie H\u00f8iaas and Andreas Liudi Mulyo were able to create a new electronic component that has the potential to become a commercial product. The diode is non-toxic and could turn out to be cheaper, and more stable and durable than today\u2019s fluorescent lamps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem today is that many UVC lamps contain mercury. The UN\u2019s Minamata Convention, which went into effect in 2017, sets out measures to phase out mercury mining and reduce mercury use,\u201d the scientists\u2019 statement reads. \u201cThe convention was named for a Japanese fishing village where the population was poisoned by mercury emissions from a factory in the 1950s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Norwegian group\u2019s invention consists of a layer of graphene placed on a glass surface. This forms the substrate for the new diode that generates UV light.<\/p>\n

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An early prototype of the UV LED in which researcher Ida Marie H\u00f8iaas is working on at CrayoNano. Photo by Mona Sprenger, provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Graphene<\/a> is a high-quality form of graphite that ‘evolves’ into a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. It is super-strong, ultra-thin and crystalline.<\/p>\n

Using nanowires of aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) grown on graphene lattice and delivered to them from Japan, the researchers make metal contacts of gold and nickel on the graphene and nanowires. When power is sent from the graphene and through the nanowires, they emit UV light.<\/p>\n

\u201cGraphene is transparent to light of all wavelengths, and the light emitted from the nanowires shines through the graphene and glass,\u201d H\u00f8iaas said. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be able to combine nanomaterials this way and create functioning LEDs.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Ph.D. student, who is working with the same technology on an industrial platform for startup CrayoNano, UVC LEDs that can replace fluorescent bulbs are already on the market, but her goal is to create far more energy-efficient and cheaper diodes because one reason that today\u2019s UV LEDs are expensive is that the substrate is made of aluminium nitride. Graphene, on the other hand, is cheaper to manufacture and requires less material for the LED diode.<\/p>\n

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Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, on a graphene surface.<\/p>\n

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