CO2 key to new, cheaper material for electric cars, wind turbines - study

摘要

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.