Newspaper cellulose enables tap-water processing of e-waste graphite into graphene
Researchers at Dublin City University have developed a low-cost method to produce graphene from electronic waste graphite using a kitchen blender and newspaper cellulose. This technique provides a sustainable way to recycle graphite heat spreaders from discarded electronics.
Why it matters
This innovation could significantly reduce the environmental impact of e-waste while providing a cheap, accessible source of high-value graphene for industrial use.
Researchers at Dublin City University (DCU), led by materials scientist Conor Boland, have shown that graphene can be produced from electronic-waste graphite using little more than a kitchen blender, waste newspaper and ordinary tap water, extending the group's earlier household-graphene work to waste-derived starting materials as well as waste-derived processing.
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