The large-scale production of graphene aimed at industrial applications has grown significantly in the past few years, especially since many companies in China have entered the market.
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We thank S. F. Pei, L. P. Ma and H. Bi for discussions, L. C. Yin for help with drawing the structural models in Fig. 1a, and NSFC (Nos. 51325205, 51290273, 51221264 and 51172240), MOST of China (No. 2012AA030303) and CAS (No. KGZD-EW-303-1) for support.
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Ren, W., Cheng, HM. The global growth of graphene. Nature Nanotech 9, 726–730 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.229
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