Thanks Red Badger.
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Posted on 05/26/2021 7:21:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Carbon is nature’s Legos.
That may prove to be true in the uncomplimentary sense that graphene and similar materials never amount to more than laboratory toys with little practical value.
And Mr. Qitang Fan is funneling all this information back to Xi Jinping and the CCP. It seems that anywhere serious cutting edge research is being done, there is at least one Chinese agent in attendance. And that’s why they will continue to eat OUR lunch.
Tech moves to allow us to manipulate these new discoveries. As it does, those toys become something very useful. Don’t discount the way these things all of a sudden are everywhere.
Self landing rockets were joked about, Kevlar and Teflon were nothing until they became regular everyday items. Computing power and human genome, DNA testing, advanced tech is out there.
Ban carbon!
I get the onward and upward rationale, but a lot of what appears in the news media as scientific advances is hyped and slow to deliver if they deliver at all. No personal robots, flying cars, or fusion power yet despite decades of supposed advances.
I get the onward and upward through rationale, but a lot of what appears in the news media as scientific advances is hyped and slow to deliver if they deliver at all. No personal robots, flying cars, or fusion power yet despite decades of supposed advances. New materials make new products and devices possible, but the path is neither quick nor certain.
“ That may prove to be true in the uncomplimentary sense that graphene and similar materials never amount to more than laboratory toys with little practical value.
I have a couple of these great graphene batteries that work just as advertised.
5 amp hour, 60 watts, that fully recharges from empty in 17 - 18 minutes.
Real Graphene Power Bank 5000 mAh 60W 【17 Minutes Full Charge】 Super Fast Charging, Portable, Lightweight, Graphene Battery Pack for iPhone, Galaxy Note10+, Nintendo Switch, iPad Pro and More
by Real Graphene USA
Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DC5WZR5/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2PGG4NQ9TH5G5H5R14H4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
-Easy
An acquaintance at church may differ. He has over 100 patents, some covering graphene applications.
That is very cool. I’ll probably look into it next time I need a power bank. I have several right now. One is 30k mAh. Once that one finally gives up the ghost, it will be time for another.
Sweet. What is the price point though? My guess is that it is too high to displace lithium batteries in electric vehicles.
Permit me to offer a few words of appreciation for tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and the legal and business infrastructure and skilled workers who convert scientific advances into valuable products and services. Without them, most of those advances would be little more than geek chatter.
I suspect that if you wanted to build a tesla battery out of these at their retail price point, it would cost you more than the car.
That said, as these are among the first commercially available Graphene Batteries, they should currently enjoy a large profit margin.
Nothing in them makes them inherently much more expensive than common LiFePo batteries. It turns out that Graphene is not all that hard to make.
And they DO charge FAST, compared to normal lithium batteries.
~Easy
Apparently, most graphene batteries still use lithium, with the graphene incorporated into an improved cathode.
That is correct. All of them, so far, are just better lithium batteries due to improved conductivity provided by the Graphene coating on the cathode.
Patents are not the same as products, in fact there are at least two patents on magnetic motors according the Popular mechanics some 40 years ago.
Excellent metaphor
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