Graphene is a true 21st century material, and has the potential to enable revolutionary products based on its mechanical strength, electrical conductivity, transparency and other properties based on manipulation of the physics and chemistry of a sheet of carbon atoms just one layer thick. ‘Nanographene’ (nanoscale graphene flakes) is positioned to challenge conventional materials as well as carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes for future applications in flexible electronics, composites and energy storage due to its properties and potential manufacturing cost advantages. The uses for graphene are endless, and energy applications seem well suited to accept the physical and chemical advantages, the graphene has to offer. This article discusses the recent activity of nanographene, and how the energy landscape can accommodate this new material that is rife with potential to disrupt the status quo.
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Rachel M. Frazier, PhD;
Rachel M. Frazier, PhD
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Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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Michael Weber, Dipl. Phys.;
Michael Weber, Dipl. Phys.
Graphenics, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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James H. Adams, JD
James H. Adams, JD
Graphenics, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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*Corresponding author e-mail address: rmfrazier@ua.edu
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
June 25 2013
Accepted:
July 15 2013
Online ISSN: 2045-984X
Print ISSN: 2045-9831
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
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Nanomaterials and Energy (2013) 2 (4): 212–215.
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Received:
June 25 2013
Accepted:
July 15 2013
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Frazier RM, Weber M, Adams JH (2013), "The opportunity for graphene nanomaterials in energy applications". Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 2 No. 4 pp. 212–215, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/nme.13.00017
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