Outlook good for CVD graphene in electronic applications IDTechEx provides 2021 status and industry overview March 1, 2021 By IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK Given the exciting properties, graphene has always been linked as a revolutionary material for the electronics industry. CVD graphene is cited as the ideal solution in providing a perfect single layer produced in a low cost continuous R2R process, but the manufacturing and commercial reality have proved very different. After a long period of research, and with players regularly exiting and entering the field, we are only now starting to see this technology mature and the dawn of the commercial reality. There are two approaches to graphene production, a “top-down” approach (from graphite) or a “bottom-up” method (predominantly CVD grown).