How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors

How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors

Hydrothermal carbonization can directly convert sloppy stillage into hard or activated carbon.

From stillage to storage: Turning bourbon byproducts into supercapacitors

The state of Kentucky produces 95% of the world's bourbon, and all that bourbon leaves behind an enormous amount of waste grain, called stillage. Now, researchers at the University of Kentucky have developed a process to transform that stillage into electrodes. With the bourbon byproduct electrodes, they created supercapacitors that could store more energy than similarly sized commercial devices. The researchers will present their results at the…

Scientists Turn Bourbon Waste Into Supercapacitors With A 25x Energy Boost

Scientists at the University of Kentucky have found a way to turn the soggy, grain-filled leftovers of bourbon production, a.k.a. stillage, into high-performance electrodes for supercapacitors, potentially turning Kentucky’s 95% share of the world’s bourbon market into a major player in the green energy grid. No doubt then that one of Kentucky's