New battery coating could improve smart phones and electric vehicles

High performing lithium-ion batteries are a key component of laptops, smart phones, and electric vehicles. Currently, the anodes, or negative charged side of lithium ion batteries, are generally made with graphite or other carbon-based materials. Now a new discovery may help unravel a 40-year mystery and could greatly improve battery performance in electronic devices and electric vehicles

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170417144938.htm

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