BREAKING RESEARCH: human hair transformed into renewable energy storage - CSU News
Charles Sturt researcher discovers how to transform discarded human hair strands into graphite with potential use in energy storage and drug delivery technology.
Charles Sturt researcher discovers how to transform discarded human hair strands into graphite with potential use in energy storage and drug delivery technology
Sustainable Salons has supplied the hair from salons across Australia to be repurposed, with preliminary work on the concept conducted with Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Graphite manufactured from human hair was found to have use in making lithium-ion batteries to power technologies such as electric vehicles
A Charles Sturt University research team has unlocked the power of human hair as the key ingredient to develop sustainable energy storage solutions and eliminate biowaste.
Research Fellow in the Charles Sturt University Rural Health and Research Institute, Dr Amandeep Singh Pannu, working with Professor Muhammad J A Shiddiky, has discovered how to turn human hair into graphite to then be used in lithium-ion batteries.
