• Question: Is graphene a renewable material?

    Asked by DG to Chris on 19 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Christopher Bullock

      Christopher Bullock answered on 19 Jun 2017:


      It depends on how you make it. In most cases we make graphene by a process called chemical vapour deposition from a gas called Methane. Most methane isn’t renewable and this is the ‘gas’ that might run your cooker or boiler at home. This is drilled from under the sea like oil. There are however, other ways to make Methane that are renewable, I think this is what Jack is working on.

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