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Energy-Storing Nanomaterial Made From Hemp

Posted May 15, 2013 8:23 AM

From Chemical & Engineering News: Nano SCENE:

Graphene might one day be used in batteries, solar cells, transparent electrodes, and a host of other electronic gadgets. But graphene is still quite expensive to make. Now researchers at the University of Alberta have demonstrated a low-cost process for turning agricultural waste into graphenelike nanomaterials for use in energy storage electronics (ACS Nano 2013, DOI: 10.1021/nn400731g).

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05/16/2013 9:02 AM

Good luck on convincing the politicians that are hooked on the useless "war on drugs", that people cannot get high on industrial cannabis. We could be using it for all kinds of things.

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