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New Way to Use Lignin from Plants in Battery Electrolytes
Written by AZoMFeb 23 2021
A group of researchers from Florida State University (FSU) has devised a new method to make use of a material contained in plants to develop safer batteries.
From left, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering associate professor Daniel Hallinan Jr. and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering assistant professor Hoyong Chung. Their research developed a way to use lignin, a compound in the cell walls of plants that makes them rigid, in the electrolytes of batteries. Image Credit: Florida State University Photography Services.
The researchers used an organic polymer called lignin a compound present in the cell walls of plants that makes them stiff and could create battery electrolytes. The study was published as the cover article in the