Scientists Made Graphene Carry an Electrical Current With Zero Resistance

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Scientists Made Graphene Carry an Electrical Current With Zero Resistance

Since the discovery of this wonder material in 2004, scientists have theorized that graphene could function as a superconductor. Following this theory, in 2016 a team of Japanese researchers managed to make electricity flow through graphene with no resistance. Unfortunately, they only managed to do so in an extremely cold environment, limiting the experiment.


Since then, superconductivity has only been achieved by doping, or by placing the graphene on a superconducting material, both of which alter the graphene and compromise the experimental results. Still, researchers weren’t ready to let the theory go. The experimental results only convinced them that they were on the right track and that it was only a matter of time before they would be able to activate what they believed to be graphene’s dormant superconductive properties.

THEY WERE RIGHT

University of Cambridge researchers just revealed a major breakthrough. They found that, by coupling a material called praseodymium cerium copper oxide (PCCO) with graphene, they managed to make graphene itself superconductive.


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