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Hemp Fibres Better than Graphene for Supercapacitors (bbc.com)
3 points by dskhatri on Aug 14, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



So if I'm reading this right, they're using the existing structure of the hemp fibres as a sort of scaffold, boiling off the non-carbon parts to leave, essentially, charcoal?

Not bad. Might be worth investigating lawn clippings for the same kind of properties.




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