Episode 79: Producing Graphene from CO2 Waste

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Southwest Research Institute

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4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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SwRI is developing a process to produce graphene from carbon dioxide waste. Graphene is a valuable carbon allotrope with a wide range of applications. It is used in electronics like touchscreens, batteries, coatings, biomedical devices and more. While it can occur under the right chemical and thermal reactions in nature, it is not abundant, and it is difficult to produce synthetically in large quantities. SwRI is working on a large-scale solution, forming graphene from carbon dioxide that has been captured and stored to reduce emissions. Listen now as SwRI chemical engineer Michael Hartmann and scientist Miles Salas discuss how they are turning carbon dioxide waste into a feedstock for a useful, high-demand material.

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0:00.0	Redefining carbon dioxide from pollutant to valuable product.
0:05.5	SWRI is producing graphene from CO2.
0:09.5	Graphene is used in electronics, batteries, coatings, biomedical devices, and more.
0:15.9	Creating a resource with unlimited potential while reducing carbon emissions.
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0:56.8	Hello and welcome to technology today. I'm Lisa Benia. SWRI scientists and engineers have
1:03.1	developed a process to turn industrial CO2 waste into graphene, a resource with unlimited potential.
1:11.2	Tough, flexible graphene has a wide range of uses, including electronics, energy, biomedical,
1:17.8	and construction applications.
1:20.6	The SWRI process to convert carbon dioxide into graphene demonstrates how carbon capture can
1:26.9	yield a useful and profitable material.
1:30.0	We'll learn more about carbon capture coming up.
1:32.8	Our guests today are SWRI chemical engineer and manager Michael Hartman and scientist Miles
1:39.7	Salas. They are leading this innovative research. Thank you for joining us, Michael and Miles.
1:44.9	Thank you for having us on.
1:46.3	So this is an intriguing process, taking carbon dioxide waste, which is carbon that has been
1:52.4	captured to reduce emissions and going a step further, not just storing it to keep it out of
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