What would it take to turn coal waste into a valuable resource for clean energy? Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Industry partner Ramaco Carbon, a subsidiary of Ramaco Resources, Inc.

ORNL researchers are exploring two ways to transform coal into graphite. One uses coal char, a solid byproduct, while the other utilizes coal liquids. By heating coal without oxygen, researchers ...

ORNL researchers are developing a process to transform coal into graphite, a key material for electric vehicle batteries and other clean energy technologies. Coal granules are prepared for loading ...

ORNL researchers created and tested two methods for transforming coal into the scarce mineral graphite, which is used in batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. The U.S ...

Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are testing two new methods of transforming coal into the scarce mineral graphite used in batteries for electric vehicles and renewable ...

ORNL scientists have developed two methods to convert coal into graphite, a critical mineral used in EV batteries. With limited domestic graphite supplies and dependence on foreign imports ...

ORNL researchers created and tested two methods for transforming coal into the scarce mineral graphite, which is used in batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. The U.S ...

The first is the heat up coal to about 800 degrees Celsius, at which point the volatile chemicals turn to gasses, leaving char behind, which is ground into small particles and milled. They are ...

Scientists from Hong Kong and mainland China say they have developed a simple and fast way to turn diamonds – the hardest natural material – into an ultrathin and ultraflexible membrane ...

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