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New battery innovation focuses on the texture of metal to improve performance
To create the new batteries needed for electric vehicles, mobile devices and renewable energy storage, researchers have ...
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Better texture for better batteries
A new paper has demonstrated that improving the texture of the soft metal used in battery anodes greatly improved performance. The team added a thin layer of silicon between lithium metal and the ...
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Types of meteorites
There can be wide variation in the texture and mix of minerals present ... Some scientists believe they formed in melted asteroids in a similar way to iron meteorites, where dense iron metal sinks ...