Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for supercapacitors

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By mmillikinAug 14, 2020, 4:00 am178 pts
UC Riverside (UCR) engineers have developed a way to recycle PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Energy Storage. The researchers first dissolved pieces of PET…

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