Graphene sheets. Credit: Gengping Jiang
To: sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; sausageseller; ...
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2 posted on
07/15/2011 10:36:09 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
3 posted on
07/15/2011 10:39:14 AM PDT by
I see my hands
(Embrace misanthropy)
To: Red Badger
12 posted on
07/15/2011 10:56:05 AM PDT by
Rumplemeyer
(The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
To: Red Badger
14 posted on
07/15/2011 10:56:56 AM PDT by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: All
"Graphene is strong, chemically stable, an excellent conductor of electricity and, importantly, has an extremely high surface area. " An extremely high surface area. WTH does that mean?
15 posted on
07/15/2011 11:05:06 AM PDT by
BipolarBob
(Beer? That's the reason I get up in the afternoon.)
To: Red Badger
Seems like every year or so, we hear about “break through battery technology” to “far surpass lithium,” but nothing every comes from it.
Hope this one is different.
To: Pete-R-Bilt
Here, they are working towards drawing electrical energy from static electricity. A few more years and the power grid will be a history.
25 posted on
07/15/2011 11:33:35 AM PDT by
B4Ranch
(Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
To: Red Badger
Lithium = expensive/rare...
Graphite = cheap/plentiful...
32 posted on
07/15/2011 11:39:10 AM PDT by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
To: Red Badger
That’s great!
We won’t need coal plants or power plants or nuclear plants since all we will have to do is charge these ....oh.
33 posted on
07/15/2011 11:42:39 AM PDT by
DannyTN
To: Red Badger
So what happens if you have a gigantic graphene battery fully charged and you suddenly extract all the water?
48 posted on
07/16/2011 11:53:25 PM PDT by
aruanan
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; neverdem
graphene. Thanks Red Badger.
50 posted on
07/17/2011 10:03:42 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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