Flash graphene

Scientists at Rice University are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste into valuable graphene that can then strengthen concrete and other composite materials. Read about the project at news.rice.edu/2020/01/27/rice-...

[@Rockool52]

Some of the gases produced can also be captured and used as they are also valuable products!

[@beautifulsmall]

135 comments in ten months for a major economic breakthrough, the student did great work but have you really got your best people on it now ?

[@talalzahid2241]

imagine condoms made of graphene

[@nosegrindv4951]

the handiwork of beloved James Tour and his collegues!

[@Rockool52]

Maybe one day they could dispose of all solid waste this way, What if they could mine landfills and flash the waste into valuable products. Like a Mr. Fusion in "Back to the Future".

[@Rockool52]

It could also be used to destroy toxic waste products.

[@thecalltoreturntoyahsgarde6772]

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[@vulvoxify]

So how much current to scale up to make a lump of turbostratic graphite the size of a basketball?

[@taconator1213]

Where can I buy stocks in this

[@Adam-ic4nr]

Three years in and less than 200 comments and no way to invest in this company. Something doesn't add up.

[@daydream605]

Either I'm physic or Google ai is starting to post the things in thinking quietly in my brain.

[@jarenhudson9794]

Is their any patents to read on this? Or has this been left largely as an "open-source" type idea? I'd really like to experiment with it - if I can do so without getting whacked on it later. More so on electronics/power storage side of things rather than industrial additives.

[@roninbadger7750]

have you tried Gases? Burn Coal to generate power, Capture the off Gas and Flash the CO/CO2 for Graphene? Or a bio reactor(making fertilizer and power) harvest methane, flash the methane?

[@TalonSilvercloud]

Okay, here me out.

[@HergerTheJoyous]

I need to figure out how to diy this process!

[@adamaam2995]

Is it possable to use conductive material like graphite between the two electrods gap or it must be a non conductive carbon?

[@JacobMerrill]

I can imagine a 'sprayer' that powder coats stuff / with graphene created on the fly

[@Technodude255]

I'm designing robots to scale this technology up! I don't care if i have to create a company to do it!

[@-robo-]

Can graphite be used in this process? (I think so, but would like confirmation please.)

[@blainevans7047]

I’m assuming you have to take your feedstock to the micron level to do this