An independent view on the graphene war

There has been a recent ‘declaration of war’ announced on fake graphene. This follows a study in Advanced Materials that many products sold as high grade graphene – single-atom layers of graphite flakes – is mostly graphite powder.¹

Yes, there are some issues with the graphene supply, with cowboy companies passing off graphite as graphene. But every manufacturing industry is the same and there are always going to be bad companies regardless of the industry. Some of the supply is good, some of it is not, and there are certain regions of the world where the output is worse. However, the notion that all low-grade graphene is misleading: indeed, without multi-layered graphene the industry would stagnate.