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Hemp Fibers Make Better Supercapacitors Than Graphene

Posted by samzenpus on from the burning-up-and-down dept.

biodata (1981610) writes "BBC News is reporting findings published in the journal ACS Nano by Dr David Mitlin from Clarkson University. Dr. Mitlin's team took waste hemp stems and recycled the material into supercapacitors with performance as good, or better, than those built from graphene, at a fraction of the raw materials cost. "We're making graphene-like materials for a thousandth of the price - and we're doing it with waste. The hemp we use is perfectly legal to grow. It has no THC in it at all - so there's no overlap with any recreational activities," Mitlin says.

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  1. Uh, no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Graphene and 3D printing is the future, not hippy rope.

  2. Re:Oh, come now by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 0, Troll

    They could grow their hemp in Colorado or Washington, and be dual use: Sell the leaves and buds to the pot shops, and use the fiber in the stems to make supercapacitors.

    Hemp is not marijuana. And it doesn't act like it either.

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    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.