Matthew McDowell

With the help of X-ray tomography, researchers have for the first time observed the evolution of materials inside strong state batteries during the billing and also releasing processes.

An unanticipated home of nanometer-scale antimony crystals - the spontaneous development of hollow structures - could assist give the next generation of lithium ion batteries higher power thickness without reducing battery lifetime. The reversibly hollowing structures can allow lithium ion batteries to hold more energy and also as a result give more power between costs.