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Visualizing a battery's lithium "whiskers" and their degrading effects

A recent study pinpointed the reaction front where lithium (Li) dendrites can come into contact with cathode materials. It also detailed the Li propagation pathway and reaction steps that lead to cathode failure.

Disordered interfaces of alkaline aluminate salt hydrates provide glimpses of Al3+ coordination changes

Selective Cr dissolution and redistribution in Fe-Cr during localized FLiNaK salt exposure

(Mg,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni)O: A rocksalt high-entropy oxide containing divalent Mn and Fe

Stopping Fires before They Start: How a Salty Solution is Giving Lithium Metal Batteries a Safety Check

Effects of Y-Irradiation, Cation Size and Salt Concentration on the Aggregation of Boehmite Nanoplatelets

Developments in Processing Criteria for Iron Phosphate Waste Form Design for Treating Electrorefiner Salt Wastes

Nanostructuring and Underscreening of Bisalt Electrolytes with Dual-Anion Effects: Insights from Small-Angle Scattering Prepeak Analysis

PNNL Putting Energy into Battery Innovations

A Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes

Researchers at PNNL have come up with a novel way to use silicon as an energy storage ingredient, replacing the graphite in electrodes. Silicon can hold 10 times the electrical charge per gram, but it comes with problems of its own.