It can recycle waste into valuable graphene; it can regenerate graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries; it can make low-cost hydrogen from plastic. It's the Flash Joule Heating process developed in ...

Flash Joule heating (FJH) is a solid-state synthesis method in which a short, high-current electrical pulse passes through a resistive feedstock and heats it directly to extreme temperature in ...

A research team at Rice University led by James Tour has developed a two-step flash Joule heating-chlorination and oxidation (FJH-ClO) process that rapidly separates lithium and transition metals from ...

Researchers have used a low-emissions method to harvest hydrogen and graphene from waste plastics. They say it not only solves environmental problems like plastic pollution and greenhouse gas ...

Flash Joule Heating (FJH) has emerged as a transformative approach for the rapid, energy‐efficient conversion of diverse carbon feedstocks into graphene. By applying high‐voltage electrical pulses ...

Rare earth materials are a hot button topic these days. They’re important for everything from electric vehicles to defence hardware, they’re valuable, and everyone wishes they had some to dig up in ...

James Tour’s lab at Rice University has developed a new method called flash-within-flash Joule heating (FWF). This method has the potential to transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state ...

(From left) Shichen Xu, James Tour, Alex Lathem, Karla Silva and Ralph Abdel Nour. A research team at Rice University led by James Tour has developed a two-step flash Joule heating-chlorination and ...