Upcycled Plastic Increases Lithium-Sulfur Battery Life
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 09/05/2018

Purdue University engineers have figured out a way to tackle plastic landfills while also improving batteries – by putting ink-free plastic soaked in sulfur-containing solvent into a microwave, and then into batteries as a carbon scaffold which can double the lifespan of the forthcoming lithium-sulfur batteries.  Full story:  http://bit.ly/lithium-sulfur

Purdue Featured Researchers: 
Vilas Pol - Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Patrick Kim - Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical Engineering 
Kyungho Kim - Graduate student, Chemical Engineering 

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