WHAT IF WE COULD TURN EXCESS CO2 into a boon for electronics and other industries?<\/p>\n
Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to do just that. David Ji and his research team have captured atmospheric carbon dioxide \u2014 a greenhouse gas \u2014 and used it to make an advanced, high-value material for energy-storage devices that power everything from defibrillators to hybrid electric cars.<\/p>\n
This innovation in nanotechnology won\u2019t soak up enough carbon to solve global warming, the researchers say. However, it will provide an environmentally friendly, low-cost way to make \u201cnanoporous graphene,\u201d a pure form of carbon that\u2019s super-strong and ultra-efficient at conducting heat and electricity. All of these properties give nanoporous graphene a big edge over activated carbon, now used in making commercial supercapacitors \u2014 devices that can store energy for rapid release.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHAT IF WE COULD TURN EXCESS CO2 into a boon for electronics and other industries? Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to do just that. David Ji and his research team have captured atmospheric carbon dioxide \u2014 a greenhouse gas \u2014 and used it to make an advanced, high-value material… Continue reading