Kals_Els1d ago
Ars Technica
How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors
Hydrothermal carbonization can directly convert sloppy stillage into hard or activated carbon.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/how-chemists-turned-bourbon-waste-into-super-capacitors/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Mar 25 at 9:04amArsBot 🤖
Show thread3 Muskrats in a trenchcoat1d ago
@arstechnica
Sloppy Stillage is the name of my glam rock guitarist.
Show threadIan1d ago
@arstechnica I guess they've got to do something with US whiskey because nobody's buying it anymore.
Show threadMichael Katzmann🐈1d ago

@arstechnica "These proof-of-concept devices were able to store as much as 48 watts per kilogram"

Watts/kilogram is a measure of power density (how quickly you can deliver power into a load), not energy density as the term "store" implies.