| CPC H01B 1/026 (2013.01) [B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); H01B 1/04 (2013.01); H01B 13/0026 (2013.01); H01B 13/32 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. A method of making a composite wire material, the method comprising:
annealing a core wire comprising at least 99.0% copper (Cu) at a temperature of about 850° C. to about 1100° C. under flowing mixed gaseous conditions comprising argon (Ar) and hydrogen (H2);
coating graphene on a circumferential surface of the core wire to generate a graphene layer; and
coating nickel (Ni) on the circumferential surface of the graphene layer to generate a nickel (Ni) layer.
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