Mass production of carbon nano-onions from Norwegian wood waste

This project is our first steps towards developing a new generation of cost-effective and sustainable carbon nanomaterials with a broad range of applications, related to energy storage, self-lubrication, catalysis, and nanomedicine. The project aims to prepare so-called carbon nano-onions (CNOs) using an innovative patent-pending pyrolysis method with wood fibres mixed with clay and minerals as raw material. The process, developed by the Norwegian company Standard Bio, opens up the possibility for large-scale production of CNOs. In addition, this route has many environmental and agricultural benefits incl. waste reduction, increased use of organic and waste-based resources and development of sustainable production. In the project, different synthesis strategies will be used to control the structural and chemical-physical properties of CNOs and develop tailored functionality.