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Waste CO₂ converts into graphite through a newly observed two-step process

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Waste CO₂ converts into graphite through a newly observed two-step process

Graphite, the carbon core of a humble No. 2 pencil, is also an essential component in technologies such as batteries, smartphones, laptops and industrial power equipment. Today, nearly all of this critical mineral must be mined and processed and, in the United States, imported.

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