Cool. I wonder what they are using as an insulator between the two plates of the capacitor?
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > CO2 key to new, cheaper material for electric cars, wind turbines -- study > > Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 > > Researchers have developed a way to use carbon emissions to produce a > green, low-cost energy storage device that can provide a rapid charge or > discharge of power important for electric vehicles and wind turbines. > > The presence of CO2 is key to a new process developed by Oregon State > University to create nanoporous graphene that is strong and has an > electrical conductivity at least 10 times higher than the activated carbon > now used to make commercial supercapacitors, according to the study > published in the journal *Nano Energy*. > > "There are other ways to fabricate nanoporous graphene, but this approach > is faster, has little environmental impact and costs less," Xiulei "David" > Ji, an assistant professor of chemistry in the OSU College of Science and > lead author on the study, said in a statement. > > "And the carbon source is carbon dioxide, which is a sustainable resource, > to say the least," Ji said. "This methodology uses abundant carbon dioxide > while making energy storage products of significant value." > > Other chemists and engineers from OSU, Argonne National Laboratory, the > University of South Florida and the National Energy Technology Laboratory > in Albany, Ore., contributed to the effort, which was funded by OSU. > > Nanoporous graphene has an enormous surface level per gram of material and > shows great promise to improve the efficiency and storage capability for > supercapacitors, a type of energy storage that can store more energy than a > typical capacitor -- but less than a battery -- and can charge and release > power faster than a battery. > > There are many ways to use nanoporous graphene, but the costs of the > material have remained prohibitively high. In addition to providing ways to > "smooth out" power for wind turbines, capture wasted energy from braking or > providing a burst of power for forklifts or consumer electronics, > nanoporous graphene also has been shown to hold gas pollutants, work as > environmental filters or be used in water treatment. > > Commercialization prospects for this approach are high as the materials > involved are inexpensive and the process is relatively simple, Ji said. > > For the first time, magnesium and zinc metals were heated in the presence > of a flow of carbon dioxide to make the nanoporous graphene, which > otherwise is created using corrosive and toxic chemicals that "would be > challenging to use at large commercial levels," according to OSU. The metal > oxides made in the process could also be recycled back into their metallic > forms to increase the efficiency of the industrial process. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
