Energy storage researchers have been hot on the trail of sustainable carbon to replace the fossil-sourced materials used in batteries. The search has led to some unexpected results. In the latest development, scientists in Korea have hit upon a solution familiar to anyone who has been tasked with cleaning off the roasting pan after a big chicken dinner.If you guessed chicken fat — aka schmaltz — could be the new miracle material, run right out and buy yourself a cigar.
“Herein we synthesized multilayered graphitic carbon nano-onions using an oil-wick flame pyrolysis approach, employing biowaste oil as a cost-effective precursor,” the researchers summarized. Before you order up some thiourea from the online store, though, you may want to consider some user-friendlier alternatives.
Meanwhile, the search for more sustainable energy storage materials goes on. Another recent development comes from a research team based in Romania, involving a char produced from spruce wood. The researchers focused on developing a new“The synthesis strategy provides an appropriate energy-efficient option for converting biomass into carbonaceous materials with meaningful properties suitable for energy storage applications,” they reported.
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