American researchers have successfully developed a single-layer white graphene material

Recently, researchers at the U.
S.
Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a truly monolayer "white graphene" material, hexagonal boron
nitride.
The material is a "close relative" of graphene materials, but has better transparency than graphene, which may usher in a new era of electronics and even quantum devices
.

Power batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, video screens and fuel cells all have the potential to become as thin as a sheet of paper
.
Yijing Steller, a postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and colleagues are also working on graphene hexagonal boron nitride 2-D capacitors and fuel cell prototypes that are not only "ultra-thin" but also transparent
.

At present, the experimental results of graphene cannot be completely consistent with the theoretical results, and the researchers hope to fully exploit the full potential
of graphene when designing the ratio of white graphene.
They believe that using white graphene as a substrate can solve this problem
by further reducing the thickness and increasing the flexibility of the electronics.

Graphene is stronger and harder than carbon fiber materials and is a promising material that can be used in data transmission devices
.
Graphene grown on a white graphene substrate can obtain electron mobility thousands of times higher than graphene on other substrates
.
This will greatly improve the speed
of current data transfers.
The researchers point out that this achievement is also significant because it allows the material to go beyond theoretical values
.
A recent theoretical study completed at Rice University in the United States suggests the use of white graphene to cool electronic devices
.
The researchers have made high-quality hexagonal boron nitride layers and believe that they can effectively scale up production
.