Can fallen leaves be upcycled to be integrated in electronic devices? – A team of Chinese and US researchers say ‘yes’! Image source: Shutterstock (#223209310).
Research published last week by researchers at Qilu University of Technology in China and Penn State in the US has scientists excited who have developed a method to convert the leaves into a porous carbon material that can be used in electronics.
Instead of burning the thousands of dead leaves each autumn, they can be made into organic supercapacitors with a simple process. The product then has surprising electrical properties, according to the researchers. They suggest that the supercapacitors could even rival the performance as those made from graphene.
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