It can recycle waste into valuable graphene; it can regenerate graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries; it can make low-cost hydrogen from plastic. It's the Flash Joule Heating process developed in ...

Flash Joule heating (FJH) is a solid-state synthesis method in which a short, high-current electrical pulse passes through a resistive feedstock and heats it directly to extreme temperature in ...

Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying to address this problem by ...

Rare earth materials are a hot button topic these days. They’re important for everything from electric vehicles to defence hardware, they’re valuable, and everyone wishes they had some to dig up in ...

Flash Joule Heating (FJH) has emerged as a transformative approach for the rapid, energy‐efficient conversion of diverse carbon feedstocks into graphene. By applying high‐voltage electrical pulses ...

Chemists have processed waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles. The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back as a better ...

The electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals and fuels offers a promising strategy for addressing the global energy crisis and worsening environmental issues. However, ...

Biomass-derived carbon materials are poised to revolutionize oxygen electrocatalysis with their remarkable performance and cost-effectiveness. Despite the promising properties of these materials as ...

A new low-cost process creates multigram quantities of high-quality graphene from virtually any carbon-based material. By making the 2-D carbon allotrope sustainably on a large scale, the method could ...

Characterizing and predicting how electrically-heated silicate glass behaves is important because it is used in a variety of devices that drive technical innovations. Silicate glass is used in display ...