Amazing graphene super capacitor!

[gravityblock]

IMO, it's much cheaper and easier to isolate the fullerenes which can then be used to produce graphene.  Below is a patent on isolating these fullerenes.  It mentions that fullerenes in soot (contained in a quartz vessel) can be evaporated by microwaves in seconds. The fullerenes gas (brown stuff) then condenses on the walls of the vessel.  Next, the fullerenes cages can be used to dissociate molecular hydrogen into atomic hydrogen which then binds externally to the cages to help release the stress in order for a red dvd laser to easily break the bonds of the cages to produce graphene.

United States Patent 5458742: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5458742.html

Gravock

[gravityblock]

A small particle of carboxy fullerene is placed on top of heat sensitive explosive. Irradiation with a 785 nm laser (1W) results in an instantaneous explosion.  In the absence of carboxy fullerenes, the laser with output power of (5W), failed to ignite the explosives.  ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJvh0yA69ow )

Gravock

[gravityblock]

Here is presented the Scotch Tape method
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/multimedia/2011/sep/29/how-to-make-graphene

The video says the scotch tape method isn't practical, so why do you think we should pursue this method?  If they overlooked something which can make this method practical for the application currently being discussed then I'm all ears.

Gravock

[gravityblock]

Here's how to make carbon fullerenes with 100 percent efficiency which allows us to reverse this method by disintegrating the fullerenes with molecular hydrogen and a DVD laser as mentioned in one of my previous posts.  This whole process can then be repeated.  Each cycle in the process should yield a net energy gain of 2 eV.  Please note, the platinum isn't consumed in this process and can be salvaged cheaply from catalytic converters, etc.

Gravock

[Pirate88179]

The video says the scotch tape method isn't practical, so why do you think we should pursue this method?  If they overlooked something which can make this method practical for the application currently being discussed then I'm all ears.

Gravock

I believe that was in response to my question above about the tape method.  i asked how it worked and thought maybe the efficiency could be scaled up a bit.  In thinking about it, I think perhaps the tape removes from the surface some particles that have been oxidized by the exposure to air.  If this is correct, why could we not grind the graphite into powder form and place it in a vessel and pressurize the vessel with pure oxygen and maybe even agitate the contents a bit?  It would seem to me that this would speed up the oxidation process...perhaps not by enough to make it viable.  The method used in those videos was with acid, which would be problematic for me to do in my small apartment.  Maybe we can come up with something that does indeed work.

Bill