SLINTEC innovation on value addition to local graphite; graphene to drive Sri Lanka’s export revenue..
Sri Lanka is the only commercial producer of vein graphite, highest purity graphite with carbon content: 97 – 99.5%. Although there is a great demand for Sri Lankan graphite, it is possible to create value added materials to demand a premium price and increased foreign exchange earnings to the country.
Graphene is the highest level of Graphite value added form and its applications vary from use in batteries, renewable energy and energy storage systems such as super capacitors, to electrical and electronic systems. Also they are used in smart textiles and wearable technologies. Sri Lankan vein Graphite is the best starting material to commercially process Graphene.
Now SLINTEC has created an economically viable patented method to process Graphene from Graphite at one of the lowest processing costs in the world.
The potential for foreign exchange earnings for the betterment of Sri Lanka is immense…
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