Turning packing peanuts into energy-storing battery components (Video)

2,320 views · Published 23 March 2015 · 16:54 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: American Chemical Society · 2015 · Science & Technology

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One person’s trash literally could become another’s high-tech treasure, according to researchers who have developed a way to turn discarded packing peanuts into components for rechargeable batteries that could outperform the ones we use currently.

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