GLOBALink | Graphene technology "heats up" Dunhuang scroll

JIUQUAN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Power on, it's a heater. Power off, it's an art product. Graphene technology has enabled hanging scrolls that decorate homes to become electric heaters.

With Dunhuang murals on it, the hanging scrolls are fine art good to decorate one's home. But the scrolls are not only about art. They can be used as electric heaters in winter.

The secret lies in the graphene conductive materials embedded within the scroll.

They are newly-developed products of a company in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province.

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