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Elcora Graphene Ranks Number One in Test Results Completed by NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials
HALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2016 / Troy Grant, President and CEO of ELCORA RESOUR...
About this update from Elcora Advanced Materials Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"Elcora Graphene Ranks Number One in Test Results Completed by NUS Centre for Advanced 2D MaterialsHALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2016 / Troy Grant, President and CEO of ELCORA RESOURCES CORP. (OTCQB: ECORF) (TSXV: ERA) (FSE: ELM.F), (the \"Company\" or \"Elcora\"), is pleased to announce the results of Elcora graphene quality tests, performed by the Centre for Advanced Materials, CA2DM (previously known as Graphene Research Centre) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). More than 20 well-known commercial graphene producers from North America and Europe were tested, as well as many less known Asian suppliers. The test results indicate that the Elcora graphene is the top quality tested not only based on the overall evaluation but also all of the individual criteria: Elcora's sample has the highest content of graphene flakes with the best structural quality as measured by stringent scientific criteria. \nThe parameters used by CA2DM for characterization of the graphene samples are: number of graphene layers in the flakes as measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM); size of the flakes as measured by optical microscopy (OM); number of defects as measured by Raman spectroscopy; morphology of the flakes as measured by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM); chemical composition and carbon content as measured by CNHS and X-ray spectroscopy (XPS). \nAmong all the global graphene producers tested, Elcora graphene was found to have 55% of graphene content (the highest measured), flakes averaged 3 layers (90% of the sample with less than 30 layers), flake sizes are consistent with an average of 1 micrometer (90% of the sample with less than 3 micrometers), high structural quality, and more than 93% in carbon content. In comparison, the second best producer was found to have only 25% graphene content with larger number of layers and smaller carbon content. CA2DM is planning to publish the results of their detailed studies in the near future.\n\"We expected good results before the tests were conducted,\" said Troy Grant \"but we did not expect the results to be this good. This has validated all the past hard work Elcora has conducted and gives us a great push to continue our research in industrially-scaling our graphene production. 2016 will be an exciting year for Elcora.\"\nThe graphen...