Food Waste Could Store Solar and Wind Energy
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 12:51
in Physics & Chemistry
Saving up excess solar and wind energy for times when the sun is down or the air is still requires a storage device. Batteries get the most attention as a promising solution although pumped hydroelectric storage is currently used most often. Now researchers reporting in ACS' Journal of Physical Chemistry C are advancing another potential approach using sugar alcohols -- an abundant waste product of the food industry -- mixed with carbon nanotubes.