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Don’t throw away the packing peanuts, they could charge your gadget

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Millions and millions of packing peanuts are used to protect fragile shipments every year, and scientists have discovered how to put them to good use

Scientists have discovered a new technology that converts polystyrene packing peanuts into high performance carbon electrodes to make lithium-ion batteries.

Inspiration for the research project came when equipment was being delivered to set up a new laboratory at Purdue University and the team wanted to put them to use.

What they got was a potential eco-friendly application for the mass amounts of packaging waste generated around the world.

The team will present their paper "Upcycling of Packing-Peanuts into Carbon Microsheet Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries" at the 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Denver taking place from March 22 to 26.

To watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UCti2CL2io