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What about graphene and CNT cabling instead? How do the power requirements for carbon-based cabling differ from those for fiber and copper? IIRC there are alr
by westurner 10mo ago
What about graphene and CNT cabling instead?
How do the power requirements for carbon-based cabling differ from those for fiber and copper?
IIRC there are already HV cables similar to these for High Voltage Power Line power transmission applications?
"Core-sheath composite electric cables with highly conductive self-assembled carbon nanotube wires and flexible macroscale insulating polymers for lightweight, metal-free motors" (2025) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42114-025-01302-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42114-025-01302-4
"Ultrastrong Carbon Nanotubes–Copper Core–Shell Wires with Enhanced Electrical and Thermal Conductivities as High-Performance Power Transmission Cables" (2022) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.2c13686 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.2c13686 ..
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=15355852334549429140&as_sdt=5,43&sciodt=0,43&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=1535585233454942914...
"Highly conductive hybrid carbon nanotube fibers: Strategies and future directions for replacing copper with next-generation conductors" (2025) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359836825003725 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13598...