Examination of IQOS residue, environmental impact and potential application

IQOS (I-Quit-Ordinary-Smoking) is a brand of heated tobacco. It is an alternative to traditional cigarettes, which involves heating tobacco rather than burning it. IQOS devices heat tobacco sticks, called HEETS or HeatSticks, to a temperature that is high enough to release nicotine and flavor, but not high enough to produce smoke. After consuming IQOS, we treated the remains of HEETS with pyrolysis at 800 degrees. In this way, we have protected the environment from pollution, and in addition, we have obtained carbon material, which further has various applications. The obtained final product was tested using different methods and based on the tested properties, it can be said that the material can potentially be used as an energy fuel, a supercapacitor, for the removal of organic compounds, a drug carrier, etc.