Fullerene has a wide range of applications, but mass production is a difficult problem

Fullerene refers to a hollow molecule composed entirely of carbon. It is one of the most important carbon-containing nanomaterials in recent years. Due to its unique zero-dimensional structure and excellent physical and chemical properties, fullerene is widely used in life sciences, electrochemistry, industrial catalysis, cosmetics, new energy and other fields.

Fullerene has many advantages such as high hardness, strong conductivity, strong oxidation resistance, and strong biocompatibility, and has huge application potential. As research continues to deepen, the application value of fullerene has been developed. There are currently a variety of fullerene products on the market, such as fullerene cosmetics, fullerene health products, etc. It is expected that with the technological development in fields such as material science and battery preparation in the future, the market demand for fullerene will be further released, and the industry will usher in rapid development.

According to the “2023-2027 Fullerene Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestion Report released by the Industrial Research Center, rich The development of the oleene industry is facing difficulties. The preparation process of fullerene is complex and has strict requirements on manufacturing equipment and operating technology. The industry has high technical and financial barriers. At present, only a few companies in the world are able to mass-produce fullerenes, and these companies are mainly concentrated in technologically advanced countries such as Japan, the United States, and Russia. In 2018, Inner Mongolia Carbon Valley Technology announced the construction of my country’s first ton-scale fullerene production line, which significantly increased my country’s fullerene production capacity and marked the initial maturity of my country’s fullerene technology.

The development of the fullerene industry has strong policy support. As an important new carbon nanomaterial, fullerene has been included in the “List of Key Products of the New Materials Industry during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan” in 2011, and has been included in the “13th Five-Year Plan” and the “14th Five-Year Plan” as new types of new materials. Key projects of nanocarbon materials and devices. Local governments also have multiple policies to strongly support the fullerene industry. For example, the Chifeng Municipal Government in Inner Mongolia promotes cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and local fullerene companies to jointly formulate new standards for the fullerene industry, promote the development of fullerene production in the direction of standardization, standardization, and high quality, and pave the way for the wide application of fullerenes in various fields. .

At present, my country’s fullerene production companies include Inner Mongolia Carbon Valley Technology, Xiamen Funa New Materials, Jiangsu Alda Composite Materials, Chengdu Organic Chemistry, Inner Mongolia Jingmeng Nano Materials, Suzhou Dade Carbon Nano Technology, etc. Among them, Xiamen Funa New Materials is an absolutely dominant enterprise in my country’s fullerene industry. Xiamen Funa New Materials cooperated with domestic scientific research institutes and after years of technical research, it took the lead in creating a complete fullerene production technology system and put it into production practice.

Industry analysts said that fullerene has high value, rich application fields and broad market prospects, but the current mass production technology is still Difficulties restricting the development of the fullerene industry. Fullerene companies should increase their research and development efforts, be industrialized-oriented, develop fullerene mass production technology as soon as possible, compress production costs, lower fullerene prices, promote more extensive fullerene applications, and open up domestic and foreign markets.