Scientists reveal battery behavior at the nanoscale

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 22:21 in Physics & Chemistry

As industries and consumers increasingly seek improved battery power sources, cutting-edge microscopy is providing an unprecedented perspective on how lithium-ion batteries function. A research team has developed a new type of scanning probe microscopy called electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM) to examine the movement of lithium ions through a battery's cathode material.

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