Turning Trash Into Graphene: Dr. Tour at the Cambridge Graphene Centre

Dr. James Tour & Dr. Stephen Meyer Talk Origin of Life:    • Addressing the Origin of Life Narrative: J...   James Tour, Stephen Meyer & Andrew Fellows Discuss Science and Faith:    • Cambridge Conversations: Can Science Point...   At the Cambridge Graphene Centre (University of Cambridge), Prof. James Tour (Rice University) presents “flash Joule heating,” a rapid, scalable method to convert diverse carbon sources (including waste) into turbostratic graphene and other materials, with applications from lower-carbon concrete to metals recovery; he also covers PFAS remediation, HF-free MXenes, and chlorine-assisted extraction of critical elements, followed by Q&A. --- If you would like to support us in creating more content across our different media platforms, we would greatly appreciate any support you can give. Visit jesusandscience.org/donate for details on how to give financially. God bless. Donate: jesusandscience.org/donate Facebook:   / drjamestour   Instagram:   / drjamestour   X/Twitter: https://x.com/drjamestour Youtube:    / @drjamestour   Discord:   / discord   Dr. Tour's Research Page - https://jmtour.com 00:00 Welcome and Tour’s background, awards, ventures 03:20 Laser-induced graphene and flash Joule heating int 06:30 Breaking bonds; rapid heat/cool makes turbostratic 09:20 Energy cost claims; $30–$35 per ton electricity 12:10 COVID build; scaling to kilograms per day output 15:00 Universal Matter pilot; concrete/cement additives 17:50 Methane to H2 + carbon; zero CO2 pathway discussion 20:30 Waste-to-graphene: food, plastics, tires, mixtures 23:10 Hydrogen byproduct economics; negative cost claim 26:00 PFAS destruction with bases; soil/filters approach 28:40 Flash-within-flash enables non-carbide synthesis 31:20 Lithium from spodumene via chlorination and flash 34:00 DARPA metals: Ta, In, Ga recovery from e-waste 36:40 Rare-earth magnets, red mud iron removal results 39:20 MXene production without HF via halogen flashes 41:50 Company portfolio and commercialization notes 43:30 Event invites: Christ’s College and Round Church 46:10 Q&A: pulse profiles, sheet size, morphology 48:50 Q&A: capturing H2 and biggest markets forecast 51:30 Q&A: throughput, scaling, lasers vs large scale