Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Trees go high-tech: process turns cellulose into energy storage devices

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Trees go high-tech: process turns cellulose into energy storage devices
Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 08, 2014 - Based on a fundamental chemical discovery by scientists at Oregon State University, it appears that trees may soon play a major role in making high-tech energy storage devices. OSU chemists have found that cellulose - the most abundant organic polymer on Earth and a key component of trees - can be heated in a furnace in the presence of ammonia, and turned into the building blocks for super ... more


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