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http://us.cnn.com/2014/12/23/tech/innovation/tomorrow-transformed-graphene-battery/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
Wonder material could harvest energy from thin air
By Peter Shadbolt, for CNN
updated 5:43 AM EST, Tue December 23, 2014
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Editor's note: Tomorrow Transformed explores innovative approaches and opportunities available in business and society through technology.
(CNN) -- Bold claims for new battery technology have been around since the invention of the lead-acid battery more than 150 years ago.
But researchers at Manchester University in the UK say their latest discovery involving the new wonder material graphene could be the most revolutionary advance in battery technology yet.
According to a study published in the journal Nature, graphene membranes could be used to sieve hydrogen gas from the atmosphere -- a development that could pave the way for electric generators powered by air.
"It looks extremely simple and equally promising," said Dr Sheng Hu, a post-doctoral researcher in the project. "Because graphene can be produced these days in square metre sheets, we hope that it will find its way to commercial fuel cells sooner rather than later."
Pencil power
At the heart of the technology is the remarkable physical properties of graphene -- a substance with the same atomic structure as the lead found in the humble household pencil.
Watch this video
Hyundai to introduce hydrogen fueled car
Watch this video
Solar station, water car
Isolated in 2004 by a team from Manchester University headed by Andrew Geim and Kostya Novoselov -- both of whom won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery in 2010 -- graphene is already well known as a technological game-changer.
The first two-dimensional crystal known to science, graphene is the thinnest, lightest and strongest object ever obtained. It is harder than diamond and 200 times stronger than steel.
Flexible, transparent and able to conduct electricity even better than copper, the ground-breaking substance is set to revolutionize everything from smartphones and wearable technology to green technology and medicine.
Renowned for its barrier qualities, graphene is just one atom thick - more than a million times thinner than a human hair.
Membrane technology
The latest discovery makes graphene attractive for possible uses in proton-conducting membranes which are at the core of modern fuel-cell technology.
Fuel cells work by using oxygen and hydrogen as a fuel, converting the chemical energy produced by its input directly into electricity. However, current membranes that separate the protons necessary for this process are relatively inefficient, allowing contamination in the fuel crossover.
Using graphene membranes could boost their efficiency and durability.
The team found the protons passed through the ultra-thin crystals with relative ease, especially at raised temperatures and with the use of a platinum-based catalyst coated on the membrane film.
Harvesting hydrogen
The most surprising aspect of the research, however, found the membranes could be used to extract hydrogen from the atmosphere. The scientists said such harvesting could be combined with fuel cells to create a mobile electric generator fueled simply by hydrogen present in air.
"When you know how it should work, it is a very simple setup. You put a hydrogen-containing gas on one side, apply small electric current and collect pure hydrogen on the other side. This hydrogen can then be burned in a fuel cell.
"We worked with small membranes, and the achieved flow of hydrogen is of course tiny so far. But this is the initial stage of discovery, and the paper is to make experts aware of the existing prospects. To build up and test hydrogen harvesters will require much further effort."
Currently, hydrogen is obtained nearly entirely from fossil fuels.
Already scientists are finding new ways of processing graphene and new applications for the invisible substance. Because it is flexible and stretchable, it makes it an ideal candidate for solar generation.
New research from the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain showed that graphene could be far more efficient in the transformation of light into energy.
The study found that unlike silicon, which generates only one current-driving electron for each photon it absorbs, graphene can produce multiple electrons.
Although the application of graphene in solar cells is only theoretical, the potential could be staggering. Solar cells made with graphene could offer 60% solar cell efficiency -- double the widely-regarded maximum efficiency of silicon cells.
Apart from uses in transportation, where its lightness and strength stands to transform the manufacture of cars and planes to make them more fuel efficient, graphene has been studied as a corrosion-proof coating for packaging and even super-thin condoms.
In medicine, researchers say it could be used to deliver drugs to specific sites in the body and is being developed as a treatment for people with brain conditions.
In industry, its use as a membrane is being studied as a means of purifying water and even as a way of extracting salt and other elements from sea water to make it drinkable.
http://www.teslamotors.com/fr_CH/forum/forums/graphene-supercapacitor-cells-how-pencil-lead-and-dvd-burner-will-change-world
Graphene Super-Capacitor Cells - How Pencil Lead And A DVD Burner Will Change The World.
N. A. Lee | 3 Mars 2013
Tesla currently uses lithium to make batteries that power their vehicles. While lithium is fairly inexpensive to manufacture, it has its drawbacks. Catching fire when exposed to air in a fatal accident, the inability to charge quickly compared to the fueling time of a combustion engine, and a limited life cycle, are but a few of the difficulties that have to be taken into account when using lithium as a power source for electric vehicles. But, what if there were a simplistic, cheap material that equally performs as lithium but is so environmentally friendly that it can be re-used as garden fertilizer? What unimaginable, absurdly fictional material could possibly exist with these properties?
Graphene.
What is graphene? It is essentially composed of the same graphite material found in millions of yellow pencils used by children around the world. The only difference with the writing material is the arrangement of the carbon into single atom-thick sheets rather than a random jumble of atoms. This material does not look like much on the surface but when it is arranged in this fashion, the carbon takes on some strange and amazing properties – such as the ability to hold and disperse large amounts of electrons.
Until recently, graphene was difficult to manufacture on a large scale. Thanks to some ingenious researchers at UCLA, making graphene is as simple as painting a liquid carbon solution on a DVD and running it through a Lightscribe DVD burner. The result is a material that has the same energy density of lithium, but can be charged in a fraction of the time along with the added benefit of being manufactured at pennies on the dollar.
What does this mean for Tesla? Since they would no longer have to base the price of their vehicle on the cost of batteries, Tesla will be able to manufacture cost-effective electric cars for the masses that are equally as powerful as any car that uses lithium batteries.
Please watch and read below for more information:
Breakthrough Announcement In 2012:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/graphene-dvd-player-bu...
The Reality As Of 2013:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-develop-new-techni...
Watch The Creation In Action:
http://vimeo.com/51873011
http://youtu.be/_oEFwyoWKXo
http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/08/tesla-500-mile-graphene-battery/
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) might be looking to develop a 500-mile graphene battery. Graphine has a reputation of being an excellent material. According to a Chinese website, Tesla is already working on the graphene battery. Previously, CEO Elon Musk announced that a 500-mile battery could be launched anytime soon, says a report from Clean Technica.
http://www.graphenetracker.com/us-department-of-energy-files-patent-for-efficient-tesla-coils-with-graphene/
http://www.graphenetracker.com/images/2013/02/tesla_coil.jpg
US Department of Energy files patent for efficient Tesla coils with graphene
By Marko Spasenovic on February 1, 2013
The United States Department of Energy, through its Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its management company UT-Battelle, has filed a patent to use graphene for more efficient high frequency coils, also known as Tesla coils. The graphene would wrap around the wires of the coil to act as protection against unwanted eddy currents, making such coils more suitable for wireless power transmission.
United States Patent Application number 20130020877 relates to the field of wireless power transfer, and in particular to graphene-coated coupling coils for reducing alternating current (AC) resistance for high frequency AC applications. Wireless transmission of electrical energy has been a goal of engineers ever since the Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla dreamed it up a century ago. Practical and commercial realization of wireless power has been elusive, but hopefully this patent brings us a step closer to charging our mobile devices out of thin air.
The problem that the inventors attempt so solve is that of eddy currents, which are parasitic electrical currents that creep up into wires carrying high-frequency alternating currents, in particular when several such wires are near each other. The problem is solved by wrapping the wires in graphene, which provides a short circuit for the eddy currents, while leaving the AC currents intact. The hope is that lower losses in the circuits used to generate and receive wireless power will result in more efficient transmission of power. The receiver is said to be on a vehicle. Tesla also worked on using these coils for shooting out lightning bolts and wireless communication.
The patent application is a beautiful example of technology catching up to dreams of a scientific genius, aiming to fulfil those dreams a century later. May the invention serve mankind as Tesla would have wanted it to.
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/04/can-graphene-provide-free-energy.html
Activist Post
The suppression of free energy by corporate interests has been made quite famous by the work of Nikola Tesla; and our subsequent continued reliance on fossil fuels and other inadequate sources of energy remains a serious hurdle to overcome.
There are some very promising developments coming out of the various open source DIY groups. These groups are utilizing the vast potential of lower-cost research and networking to provide a multi-faceted approach to innovation that is becoming far more difficult to suppress than the inventions of a single genius such as Tesla.
There has been particular focus upon how to increase battery life, given the ubiquitous nature of our digital gadgets and high-tech infrastructure. A German student, Dennis Siegel, invented a device that builds upon Tesla's maxim that "throughout space there is energy" by capturing modern-day electromagnetic fields like WIFI and radio waves and converting them to stored energy in batteries. Siegel won a prestigious award when he successfully demonstrated charging one conventional AA battery over the span of a day. Siegel's full story can be found here.
Now, a new technology based upon the amazing properties of graphene to convert light to electricity is showing signs of surpassing silicon as the most efficient path toward potential free energy. And even if it comes up short of that lofty goal, it still might revolutionize computing and electronics.
A new study from Nature Physics journal states the hard science behind this technology:
As hot electrons in graphene can drive currents, multiple hot-carrier generation makes graphene a promising material for highly efficient broadband extraction of light energy into electronic degrees of freedom, enabling high-efficiency optoelectronic applications.
In layman's terms: graphene generates multiple electrons from each photon, whereas silicon - the current source of solar cells - can generate only a single electron per photon.
http://static.neatorama.com/images/2010-03/tesla-master-of-lightning.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite
Graphite /ˈɡræfaɪt/ is made almost entirely of carbon atoms, and as with diamond, is a semimetal native element mineral, and an allotrope of carbon. Graphite is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Therefore, it is used in thermochemistry as the standard state for defining the heat of formation of carbon compounds. Graphite may be considered the highest grade of coal, just above anthracite and alternatively called meta-anthracite, although it is not normally used as fuel because it is difficult to ignite.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/GraphiteUSGOV.jpg/240px-GraphiteUSGOV.jpg
Batteries[edit]
The use of graphite in batteries has been increasing in the last 30 years. Natural and synthetic graphite are used to construct the anode of all major battery technologies.[7] The lithium-ion battery utilizes roughly twice the amount of graphite than lithium carbonate.[28]
The demand for batteries, primarily nickel-metal-hydride and lithium-ion batteries, has caused a growth in graphite demand in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This growth was driven by portable electronics, such as portable CD players and power tools. Laptops, mobile phones, tablet, and smartphone products have increased the demand for batteries. Electric vehicle batteries are anticipated to increase graphite demand. As an example, a lithium-ion battery in a fully electric Nissan Leaf contains nearly 40 kg of graphite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikola_Tesla_patents
U.S. Patent 0,335,786 - Electric Arc lamp - 1886 February 9 - Arc lamp with carbon electrodes controlled by electromagnets or solenoids and a clutch mechanism; Corrects earlier design flaws common to the industry.
3.U.S. Patent 0,335,787 - Electric arc lamp - 1886 February 9 - Arc lamp's automatic fail switch when arc possesses abnormal behavior; Automatic reactivation.
http://altered-states.net/barry/tesla/
p.s. how many think that Tesla was aware of the properties of graphite even though the patent office may not have a record of this?
Wonder material could harvest energy from thin air
By Peter Shadbolt, for CNN
updated 5:43 AM EST, Tue December 23, 2014
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429155622-pencil-key-graphene-horizontal-gallery.jpg
Editor's note: Tomorrow Transformed explores innovative approaches and opportunities available in business and society through technology.
(CNN) -- Bold claims for new battery technology have been around since the invention of the lead-acid battery more than 150 years ago.
But researchers at Manchester University in the UK say their latest discovery involving the new wonder material graphene could be the most revolutionary advance in battery technology yet.
According to a study published in the journal Nature, graphene membranes could be used to sieve hydrogen gas from the atmosphere -- a development that could pave the way for electric generators powered by air.
"It looks extremely simple and equally promising," said Dr Sheng Hu, a post-doctoral researcher in the project. "Because graphene can be produced these days in square metre sheets, we hope that it will find its way to commercial fuel cells sooner rather than later."
Pencil power
At the heart of the technology is the remarkable physical properties of graphene -- a substance with the same atomic structure as the lead found in the humble household pencil.
Watch this video
Hyundai to introduce hydrogen fueled car
Watch this video
Solar station, water car
Isolated in 2004 by a team from Manchester University headed by Andrew Geim and Kostya Novoselov -- both of whom won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery in 2010 -- graphene is already well known as a technological game-changer.
The first two-dimensional crystal known to science, graphene is the thinnest, lightest and strongest object ever obtained. It is harder than diamond and 200 times stronger than steel.
Flexible, transparent and able to conduct electricity even better than copper, the ground-breaking substance is set to revolutionize everything from smartphones and wearable technology to green technology and medicine.
Renowned for its barrier qualities, graphene is just one atom thick - more than a million times thinner than a human hair.
Membrane technology
The latest discovery makes graphene attractive for possible uses in proton-conducting membranes which are at the core of modern fuel-cell technology.
Fuel cells work by using oxygen and hydrogen as a fuel, converting the chemical energy produced by its input directly into electricity. However, current membranes that separate the protons necessary for this process are relatively inefficient, allowing contamination in the fuel crossover.
Using graphene membranes could boost their efficiency and durability.
The team found the protons passed through the ultra-thin crystals with relative ease, especially at raised temperatures and with the use of a platinum-based catalyst coated on the membrane film.
Harvesting hydrogen
The most surprising aspect of the research, however, found the membranes could be used to extract hydrogen from the atmosphere. The scientists said such harvesting could be combined with fuel cells to create a mobile electric generator fueled simply by hydrogen present in air.
"When you know how it should work, it is a very simple setup. You put a hydrogen-containing gas on one side, apply small electric current and collect pure hydrogen on the other side. This hydrogen can then be burned in a fuel cell.
"We worked with small membranes, and the achieved flow of hydrogen is of course tiny so far. But this is the initial stage of discovery, and the paper is to make experts aware of the existing prospects. To build up and test hydrogen harvesters will require much further effort."
Currently, hydrogen is obtained nearly entirely from fossil fuels.
Already scientists are finding new ways of processing graphene and new applications for the invisible substance. Because it is flexible and stretchable, it makes it an ideal candidate for solar generation.
New research from the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain showed that graphene could be far more efficient in the transformation of light into energy.
The study found that unlike silicon, which generates only one current-driving electron for each photon it absorbs, graphene can produce multiple electrons.
Although the application of graphene in solar cells is only theoretical, the potential could be staggering. Solar cells made with graphene could offer 60% solar cell efficiency -- double the widely-regarded maximum efficiency of silicon cells.
Apart from uses in transportation, where its lightness and strength stands to transform the manufacture of cars and planes to make them more fuel efficient, graphene has been studied as a corrosion-proof coating for packaging and even super-thin condoms.
In medicine, researchers say it could be used to deliver drugs to specific sites in the body and is being developed as a treatment for people with brain conditions.
In industry, its use as a membrane is being studied as a means of purifying water and even as a way of extracting salt and other elements from sea water to make it drinkable.
http://www.teslamotors.com/fr_CH/forum/forums/graphene-supercapacitor-cells-how-pencil-lead-and-dvd-burner-will-change-world
Graphene Super-Capacitor Cells - How Pencil Lead And A DVD Burner Will Change The World.
N. A. Lee | 3 Mars 2013
Tesla currently uses lithium to make batteries that power their vehicles. While lithium is fairly inexpensive to manufacture, it has its drawbacks. Catching fire when exposed to air in a fatal accident, the inability to charge quickly compared to the fueling time of a combustion engine, and a limited life cycle, are but a few of the difficulties that have to be taken into account when using lithium as a power source for electric vehicles. But, what if there were a simplistic, cheap material that equally performs as lithium but is so environmentally friendly that it can be re-used as garden fertilizer? What unimaginable, absurdly fictional material could possibly exist with these properties?
Graphene.
What is graphene? It is essentially composed of the same graphite material found in millions of yellow pencils used by children around the world. The only difference with the writing material is the arrangement of the carbon into single atom-thick sheets rather than a random jumble of atoms. This material does not look like much on the surface but when it is arranged in this fashion, the carbon takes on some strange and amazing properties – such as the ability to hold and disperse large amounts of electrons.
Until recently, graphene was difficult to manufacture on a large scale. Thanks to some ingenious researchers at UCLA, making graphene is as simple as painting a liquid carbon solution on a DVD and running it through a Lightscribe DVD burner. The result is a material that has the same energy density of lithium, but can be charged in a fraction of the time along with the added benefit of being manufactured at pennies on the dollar.
What does this mean for Tesla? Since they would no longer have to base the price of their vehicle on the cost of batteries, Tesla will be able to manufacture cost-effective electric cars for the masses that are equally as powerful as any car that uses lithium batteries.
Please watch and read below for more information:
Breakthrough Announcement In 2012:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/graphene-dvd-player-bu...
The Reality As Of 2013:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-develop-new-techni...
Watch The Creation In Action:
http://vimeo.com/51873011
http://youtu.be/_oEFwyoWKXo
http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/08/tesla-500-mile-graphene-battery/
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) might be looking to develop a 500-mile graphene battery. Graphine has a reputation of being an excellent material. According to a Chinese website, Tesla is already working on the graphene battery. Previously, CEO Elon Musk announced that a 500-mile battery could be launched anytime soon, says a report from Clean Technica.
http://www.graphenetracker.com/us-department-of-energy-files-patent-for-efficient-tesla-coils-with-graphene/
http://www.graphenetracker.com/images/2013/02/tesla_coil.jpg
US Department of Energy files patent for efficient Tesla coils with graphene
By Marko Spasenovic on February 1, 2013
The United States Department of Energy, through its Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its management company UT-Battelle, has filed a patent to use graphene for more efficient high frequency coils, also known as Tesla coils. The graphene would wrap around the wires of the coil to act as protection against unwanted eddy currents, making such coils more suitable for wireless power transmission.
United States Patent Application number 20130020877 relates to the field of wireless power transfer, and in particular to graphene-coated coupling coils for reducing alternating current (AC) resistance for high frequency AC applications. Wireless transmission of electrical energy has been a goal of engineers ever since the Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla dreamed it up a century ago. Practical and commercial realization of wireless power has been elusive, but hopefully this patent brings us a step closer to charging our mobile devices out of thin air.
The problem that the inventors attempt so solve is that of eddy currents, which are parasitic electrical currents that creep up into wires carrying high-frequency alternating currents, in particular when several such wires are near each other. The problem is solved by wrapping the wires in graphene, which provides a short circuit for the eddy currents, while leaving the AC currents intact. The hope is that lower losses in the circuits used to generate and receive wireless power will result in more efficient transmission of power. The receiver is said to be on a vehicle. Tesla also worked on using these coils for shooting out lightning bolts and wireless communication.
The patent application is a beautiful example of technology catching up to dreams of a scientific genius, aiming to fulfil those dreams a century later. May the invention serve mankind as Tesla would have wanted it to.
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/04/can-graphene-provide-free-energy.html
Activist Post
The suppression of free energy by corporate interests has been made quite famous by the work of Nikola Tesla; and our subsequent continued reliance on fossil fuels and other inadequate sources of energy remains a serious hurdle to overcome.
There are some very promising developments coming out of the various open source DIY groups. These groups are utilizing the vast potential of lower-cost research and networking to provide a multi-faceted approach to innovation that is becoming far more difficult to suppress than the inventions of a single genius such as Tesla.
There has been particular focus upon how to increase battery life, given the ubiquitous nature of our digital gadgets and high-tech infrastructure. A German student, Dennis Siegel, invented a device that builds upon Tesla's maxim that "throughout space there is energy" by capturing modern-day electromagnetic fields like WIFI and radio waves and converting them to stored energy in batteries. Siegel won a prestigious award when he successfully demonstrated charging one conventional AA battery over the span of a day. Siegel's full story can be found here.
Now, a new technology based upon the amazing properties of graphene to convert light to electricity is showing signs of surpassing silicon as the most efficient path toward potential free energy. And even if it comes up short of that lofty goal, it still might revolutionize computing and electronics.
A new study from Nature Physics journal states the hard science behind this technology:
As hot electrons in graphene can drive currents, multiple hot-carrier generation makes graphene a promising material for highly efficient broadband extraction of light energy into electronic degrees of freedom, enabling high-efficiency optoelectronic applications.
In layman's terms: graphene generates multiple electrons from each photon, whereas silicon - the current source of solar cells - can generate only a single electron per photon.
http://static.neatorama.com/images/2010-03/tesla-master-of-lightning.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite
Graphite /ˈɡræfaɪt/ is made almost entirely of carbon atoms, and as with diamond, is a semimetal native element mineral, and an allotrope of carbon. Graphite is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Therefore, it is used in thermochemistry as the standard state for defining the heat of formation of carbon compounds. Graphite may be considered the highest grade of coal, just above anthracite and alternatively called meta-anthracite, although it is not normally used as fuel because it is difficult to ignite.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/GraphiteUSGOV.jpg/240px-GraphiteUSGOV.jpg
Batteries[edit]
The use of graphite in batteries has been increasing in the last 30 years. Natural and synthetic graphite are used to construct the anode of all major battery technologies.[7] The lithium-ion battery utilizes roughly twice the amount of graphite than lithium carbonate.[28]
The demand for batteries, primarily nickel-metal-hydride and lithium-ion batteries, has caused a growth in graphite demand in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This growth was driven by portable electronics, such as portable CD players and power tools. Laptops, mobile phones, tablet, and smartphone products have increased the demand for batteries. Electric vehicle batteries are anticipated to increase graphite demand. As an example, a lithium-ion battery in a fully electric Nissan Leaf contains nearly 40 kg of graphite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikola_Tesla_patents
U.S. Patent 0,335,786 - Electric Arc lamp - 1886 February 9 - Arc lamp with carbon electrodes controlled by electromagnets or solenoids and a clutch mechanism; Corrects earlier design flaws common to the industry.
3.U.S. Patent 0,335,787 - Electric arc lamp - 1886 February 9 - Arc lamp's automatic fail switch when arc possesses abnormal behavior; Automatic reactivation.
http://altered-states.net/barry/tesla/
p.s. how many think that Tesla was aware of the properties of graphite even though the patent office may not have a record of this?