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Used-cigarette butts set to become the next generation energy storage device
Used-cigarette butts set to become the next generation energy storage device
LONDON: A group of scientists from South Korea have converted used-cigarette butts into a high-performing material that could be integrated into computers, handheld devices, electrical vehicles and wind turbines to store energy.
The researchers have demonstrated the material's superior performance compared to commercially available carbon, graphene and carbon nanotubes.
It is hoped the material can be used to coat the electrodes of super capacitors — electrochemical components that can store extremely large amounts of electrical energy — whilst also offering a solution to the growing environmental problem caused by used-cigarette filters.
It is estimated that as many as 5.6 trillion used-cigarettes or 766,571 metric tons are deposited into the environment worldwide every year.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/used-cigarette-butts-set-to-become-the-next-generation-energy-storage-device/articleshow/39807450.cms
LONDON: A group of scientists from South Korea have converted used-cigarette butts into a high-performing material that could be integrated into computers, handheld devices, electrical vehicles and wind turbines to store energy.
The researchers have demonstrated the material's superior performance compared to commercially available carbon, graphene and carbon nanotubes.
It is hoped the material can be used to coat the electrodes of super capacitors — electrochemical components that can store extremely large amounts of electrical energy — whilst also offering a solution to the growing environmental problem caused by used-cigarette filters.
It is estimated that as many as 5.6 trillion used-cigarettes or 766,571 metric tons are deposited into the environment worldwide every year.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/used-cigarette-butts-set-to-become-the-next-generation-energy-storage-device/articleshow/39807450.cms
