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Lithium Batteries Long and Winding Road
We’ve always just assumed that lithium ions somehow find their way between electrodes, and back…
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Back to Basics with Lithium-Ion Batteries
Batteries work by exchanging units of energy we call ions between their electrodes. When they…
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Cobalt’s Role in Lithium-Ion Batteries
The chemical element cobalt appeared in Western chronicles in 1739. Although the Egyptian pharaohs tinted…
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Back to Basics: How Does a Battery Work?
A battery is a collection of common materials arranged in a particular way to produce…
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Redox Flow Batteries Could Come of Age
Redox flow batteries are mechanically simple devices. Two adjacent tanks contain chemical components added to…
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Magnesium Ions Dance Through Solid Electrolyte
The possibility of magnesium batteries has tantalized scientists for over a decade. Because magnesium has…
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Let’s Talk About the Ions in Batteries
We would find it impossible to describe how batteries work without mentioning ions, because these…
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Lithium Battery Aging Explained
Lithium battery aging continues to be a thorny problem. Daniel Abraham at Argonne National Laboratory…