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A nanoscale insight on lithium batteries could increase battery durability

By Damir Beciri
One Comment12 December 2010

nano-battery-diagramBattery developers know that recharging and using lithium batteries over and over damages the electrode materials. Researchers at the DOE’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab on the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) grounds have been observing how nanowires composed of tin oxide rapidly change shape and deform when they are being charged. “Nanowires of tin oxide… »