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Decades of work and collaboration led to a green energy storage solution – Estonian researchers Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson found a way to use curved graphene to store energy and emit it quickly; their invention ultimately led to a company called Skeleton that will soon open the largest supercapacitor factory in Europe.
In the beginning, the attraction of fake leather was ending the connection with slaughtering animals, but now the goal is sustainability and the circular economy. This means abandoning the plastics that go into many fake leathers, and connecting with sustainable resource streams. Start-ups have been quick to pounce on this opportunity, first in the US and increasingly in Europe.
The European Patent Office (EPO) distinguished Estonian researchers Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Industry" category. The Estonian inventio .