Method for continuously mass-manufacturing graphene using high-temperature plasma emission method and graphene manufactured by manufacturing method

A method for continuously mass-manufacturing graphene using thermal plasma, the method for continuously mass-manufacturing graphene comprising the steps of:

• (a) injecting an inert gas into a plasma device to generate plasma;
• (b) injecting expandable graphite and graphite intercalation compounds (GIC) into the plasma device in constant amounts;
• (c) allowing the expandable graphite and GIC to be expanded by thermal plasma treatment so that graphene is exfoliated;
• (d) passing the exfoliated graphene through a vacuum chamber so that the exfoliated graphene is collected through a collector;
• and
• (e) cooling the collected graphene to obtain graphene in the form of a powder,
• wherein the expandable graphite of the step (b) has an average size of 0.1 to 2 mm, and the expandable graphite and GIC are injected in constant amounts in a speed range of 400 to 800 g/hr through a hopper,
• wherein the following Equation 1 is satisfied:
• 99
• ≤
• Y
• X
• ×
• 100
• ≤
• 100
• ,
• [
• Equation
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• 1
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• wherein X indicates the amount (g) of purified graphite contained in the expandable graphite injected in the step (b), and Y indicates the amount (g) of graphene obtained in the step (e).