Graphene Coating Begins Commercial-Scale Trial on Ocean-Going Cargo Vessel
WEST PERTH, Australia — Advanced battery anode materials and graphene additives provider Talga Resources Ltd. announced the start of a commercial-scale trial of a Talga graphene-enhanced coating applied to a 33,000t container ship.
Believed to be the world’s largest single application of graphene, the 700m2 coating of the cargo vessel’s hull is part of advanced testing of Talga’s functionalized graphene (Talphene®) additive as a performance booster for existing commercial marine coatings.