Thank You For Smoking: Cigarette Smokers May Be The Key To Solving Global Warming
Cigarette smokers may hold the key to increasing energy storage for green energy and helping to solve global warming, according to a new study out of South Korea. Not only that, cigarette butts could also be used to eradicate a deadly virus spread by mosquitoes.
As it turns out, used cigarette butts can be converted into material used for energy storage. South Korean scientists say this material could one day be used to coat the electrodes of supercapacitors which would enhance energy storage for things like electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines.
“Our study has shown that used cigarette filters can be transformed into a high performing carbon-based material using a simple one step process, which simultaneously offers a green solution for meeting the energy demands of society,” Professor Jongheop Yi of Seoul National University said in a statement.
