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Recycling Microplastics to Fabricate Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries: From Removal of Environmental Troubles via Electrocoagulation to Useful Resources (Adv. Sci. 8/2023)
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Researchers collected microplastics using electrocoagulation and then converted them into carbon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The approach removes environmental plastic pollution while creating functional battery components from the waste. This circular approach demonstrates a promising strategy for turning microplastic pollution into a useful resource.
Microplastics Microplastics that adversely affect the ecosystem are effectively collected using electrocoagulation. In particular, the collected microplastics are effectively applied as an anode material for lithium‐ion batteries as a strategy to circulate waste for a sustainable society. More details can be found in article number 2205675 by Jinhee Lee, Yong‐Tae Kim, and Jinsub Choi. [Image: see text]
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