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 ...

Rare earth materials are a hot button topic these days. They’re important for everything from electric vehicles to defence ...

Batteries, batteries, batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are the near-future’s biggest bet in the auto industry. Their production is expected to boost in the next years, driven by a fast increase in ...

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 ...

Flash joule heating is initially used for graphene production to transform food wastes into something useful. However, the modern method has shifted to retrieving important metals from electronic ...

Electronic waste (or e-waste) is not only a major pollutant in landfill, but huge amounts of useful resources are being thrown away. Engineers at Rice University have now shown that precious metals ...

US scientists have developed a way to remove snow and ice from solar panels at a much faster rate than conventional approaches. It is based on a glass coating on a film with high optical transparency ...

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, ...

Scientists applied their flash Joule heating process to coal fly ash and other toxic waste to safely extract rare earth elements essential to modern electronics and green technologies. Rare earth ...

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 ...