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 ...

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 ...

Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying to address this problem by ...

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 ...