Launch HN: Saratoga Energy (YC W19), Better Carbon Nanotubes from Carbon Dioxide

Re:Launch HN: Saratoga Energy (YC W19), Better Carbon Nanotu... by gus_massa on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:32PM (#19303840)

Why CO2 instead of CH4? If someone else tries a similar process with CH4, will their cost be smaller?

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Re:Launch HN: Saratoga Energy (YC W19), Better Carbon Nanotu... by SaratogaEnergy on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:37PM (#19303892)

we use CO2 because it easily absorbs into our electrolyte and ch4 does not. ch4 is also flammable at the temperatures we operate at and this would be more difficult to design around.

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