Originally published by OSU News and Research Communications<\/p>\n
December 2, 2014<\/p>\n
CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2013 Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that\u2019s causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an advanced, high-value material for use in energy storage products.<\/p>\n
This innovation in nanotechnology won\u2019t soak up enough carbon to solve global warming, researchers say. However, it will provide an environmentally friendly, low-cost way to make nanoporous graphene for use in \u201csupercapacitors\u201d \u2013 devices that can store energy and release it rapidly.<\/p>\n
Such devices are used in everything from heavy industry to consumer electronics.<\/p>\n
The findings were just published in\u00a0<\/span>Nano Energy<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by scientists from the OSU College of Science, OSU College of Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of South Florida and the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Albany, Ore. The work was supported by OSU.<\/p>\n In the chemical reaction that was developed, the end result is\u00a0<\/span>nanoporous graphene<\/a>, a form of carbon that\u2019s ordered in its atomic and crystalline structure. It has an enormous specific surface area of about 1,900 square meters per gram of material. Because of that, it has an electrical conductivity at least 10 times higher than the activated carbon now used to make commercial supercapacitors.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n See also:<\/p>\n Controlled Environments Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n Phys.org<\/a><\/p>\n Microfinance Monitor<\/a><\/p>\n Science Newsline<\/a><\/p>\n Space Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Originally published by OSU News and Research Communications December 2, 2014 CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2013 Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that\u2019s causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an advanced, high-value material for use in energy storage products.… Continue reading