PL Chang | Last updated on January 9th, 2015 | Published on December 20, 2014
If you are interested in “free energy” and clean energy technologies, you should pay attention to graphene, an emerging material that has some very interesting characteristics. Some of graphene’s interesting characteristics are its thickness, electrical conductivity and amazing energy transferring ability.
What is graphene?
Graphene is the thinnest material known to mainstream scientists. To be more specific, it is about one million times thinner than paper. Because graphene is so thin, some scientists consider it to be two dimensional. At the atomic level, graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms. These carbon atoms are bonded together in a repeating pattern that is shaped like a hexagon.
What is graphene?
Graphene is the thinnest material known to mainstream scientists. To be more specific, it is about one million times thinner than paper. Because graphene is so thin, some scientists consider it to be two dimensional. At the atomic level, graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms. These carbon atoms are bonded together in a repeating pattern that is shaped like a hexagon.
Even though graphene is super thin, as a material it is phenomenally strong. This special material is so strong that it is 200 times stronger than steel. Furthermore, graphene conducts electricity and heat better than any material known to mainstream scientists. Another cool feature of graphene is that it is very flexible. Because of its flexibility, it can be twisted and curved to a certain extent without breaking. This characteristic of graphene allows it to be used as a material to cover all types of surface.
Graphene and fuel cells
Graphene’s ability to conduct electricity beyond ordinary methods is one of the reasons why it is being studied as a material to be used in clean energy and “free energy” applications. According to scientists, graphene allows electrons, which are the particles that make up electricity, to move 200 times faster than silicon.
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Graphene and fuel cells
Graphene’s ability to conduct electricity beyond ordinary methods is one of the reasons why it is being studied as a material to be used in clean energy and “free energy” applications. According to scientists, graphene allows electrons, which are the particles that make up electricity, to move 200 times faster than silicon.
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YouTube video published on Oct 8, 2012
A TV screen as thin and flexible as paper. A cook's pot that flashes a warning if it detects E. coli. Possible treatments for damaged spinal cords. It's not science fiction -- these are all possible applications of a material known as graphene. This so-called "wonder material" is 100 times stronger than steel but thinner than any known solid. And It's the focus of the latest episode of ChemMatters.
The video explains how graphene's incredible properties come from the unique arrangement of its atoms. Graphene, like diamonds and coal, is made up entirely of carbon. But unlike those materials, graphene's carbon atoms are arranged in two-dimensional sheets, making it incredibly strong and flexible. Since graphene also conducts electricity as well as copper, it could lead to flexible cell phone touchscreens and transparent, inexpensive solar cells. Ongoing advances in manufacturing graphene are bringing these and other devices closer to reality.
Animation and motion graphics by Sean Parsons : Directed by Adam Dylewski
[Correction: The video's narration incorrectly states that Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov are chemists. Both Geim and Novoselov are physicists. Bytesize Science regrets the error.]
A TV screen as thin and flexible as paper. A cook's pot that flashes a warning if it detects E. coli. Possible treatments for damaged spinal cords. It's not science fiction -- these are all possible applications of a material known as graphene. This so-called "wonder material" is 100 times stronger than steel but thinner than any known solid. And It's the focus of the latest episode of ChemMatters.
The video explains how graphene's incredible properties come from the unique arrangement of its atoms. Graphene, like diamonds and coal, is made up entirely of carbon. But unlike those materials, graphene's carbon atoms are arranged in two-dimensional sheets, making it incredibly strong and flexible. Since graphene also conducts electricity as well as copper, it could lead to flexible cell phone touchscreens and transparent, inexpensive solar cells. Ongoing advances in manufacturing graphene are bringing these and other devices closer to reality.
Animation and motion graphics by Sean Parsons : Directed by Adam Dylewski
[Correction: The video's narration incorrectly states that Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov are chemists. Both Geim and Novoselov are physicists. Bytesize Science regrets the error.]
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