Atmospheric carbon dioxide used for energy storage products
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12/02/2014
[font size=3]CORVALLIS, Ore. Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide thats causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an advanced, high-value material for use in energy storage products.
This innovation in nanotechnology wont 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 supercapacitors devices that can store energy and release it rapidly.
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The findings were just published in Nano Energy 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.
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There are other ways to fabricate nanoporous graphene, but this approach is faster, has little environmental impact and costs less, said Xiulei (David) Ji, an OSU assistant professor of chemistry in the OSU College of Science and lead author on the study. The product exhibits high surface area, great conductivity and, most importantly, it has a fairly high density that is comparable to the commercial activated carbons.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.11.011