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A new study conducted by researchers at UD and Argonne National Laboratory shows how waste Styrofoam can be transformed into polymers for electronics
A new study conducted by researchers at UD and Argonne National Laboratory shows how waste Styrofoam can be transformed into polymers for electronics
Published in JACS Au, the study also demonstrates how upgraded plastic waste can be successfully incorporated into functional electronic devices, including silicon-based hybrid solar cells and organic electrochemical transistors. The researchers first turned to a method described in a previous study for sulfonating small molecules, one that showed promising results in terms of efficiency and yield, using 1,3-Disulfonic acid imidazolium chloride ([Dsim]Cl). To address this challenge, the researchers embarked on many months of trial and error to find the optimal conditions that minimized side reactions, said Kelsey Koutsoukos, a materials science doctoral candidate and second author of this paper.
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