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

University of Chicago

Researchers use failed batteries to fight “forever chemicals”

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Inspired by the failures that make chemicals degrade in batteries, a new method from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering for destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, achieved about 94% defluorination and 95% degradation of the PFAS chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Of the 33 PFAS compounds tested, 22 demonstrated degradation amounts exceeding 70%, with some degradation up to 99%.

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UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering / Jason Smith

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