Researchers use failed batteries to fight “forever chemicals” (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Researchers use failed batteries to fight “forever chemicals”

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University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering postdoctoral researcher Bidushi Sarkar (left) and Asst. Prof. Chibueze Amanchukwu studied how batteries fail to create a new method of destroying the water pollutants known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

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UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering / Jason Smith

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