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July 11, 2014

Silicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance
Richland WA (SPX) Jul 11, 2014
The lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops and electric vehicles could store more energy and run longer on a single charge with the help of a sponge-like silicon material. Researchers developed the porous material to replace the graphite traditionally used in one of the battery's electrodes, as silicon has more than 10 times the energy storage capacity of graphite. A paper describing the material's performance as a lithium-ion battery electrode was published in Nature Communications. " ... read more

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