Transforming chicken fat into an energy storage device

Scientists have come up with a unique technological breakthrough, converting chicken fat into an energy storage device.

The global trend toward greener, more sustainable energy has increased the need for energy storage, as well as the need to manufacture energy storage devices. Photo: @Canadian Renewable Energy Association.

Unfortunately, some of the materials like graphene used to make these devices can be expensive, and cause some environmental problems. Photo: @AZoM.

So, making alternative energy storage devices from things that would normally be thrown away could help address these challenges. Photo: @innovationnewsnetwork.

Looking for an alternative source of carbon materials, researchers at ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have found a way to convert chicken fat into conductive carbon-based electrodes that can be used in supercapacitors to store energy and power LEDs. Photo: @ ITC.

To do this, the researchers first used a gas gun to melt the chicken fat and burned the melted chicken fat until it condensed and dried. They then collected the soot from the chicken fat. Photo: @ Dirty Clean Food.

Electron microscopic observations show that this chicken fat carbon black contains carbon-based nanostructures with a concentric spherical network morphology, similar to the concentric structural rings found in graphite. Photo: @th.mouser.

Next, the researchers sought to enhance the conductive properties of these carbon-based nanostructures from chicken fat by soaking the carbon black in a thiourea solution. This mixture was then attached to the negative electrode of an asymmetric supercapacitor. Photo: @ SciTechDaily.

The results showed that when carbon nanoparticles (found in chicken fat) soaked in a thiourea solution were assembled into the negative electrode of an asymmetric supercapacitor, it helped the supercapacitor have excellent capacitance, durability and high energy storage density, powering a glowing LED. Photo: @ iFunny.

The researchers claim that the demonstration highlights the potential benefits of using food waste, such as chicken fat, as a carbon source, thereby accelerating the search for more environmentally friendly energy storage solutions. Photo: @chemeurope.

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