Microplastic pollution in polyethylene, commonly found in wastewater, can be extracted to create electrodes for lithium-ion batteries
technology
January 30, 2023
Microplastic beads like these found in cosmetic facial scrubs are accumulating in the world’s oceans. Steve Guschmeissner/Science Photo Library
Plastic debris that pollutes water sources around the world and is considered harmful to our health could be recycled to make electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.
Jinsub Choi of Inha University in South Korea and his colleagues have discovered a way to extract microplastics made of polyethylene (the most common type of plastic) from polluted water and turn them into lithium-ion battery electrodes. Did. This type of battery…
