The particles that make up lithium-ion battery electrodes are microscopic but mighty: They determine how much charge the battery can store, how fast it charges and discharges and how it holds up over ...

With an eye on the future, batteries could potentially deliver an economical solution for mass energy storage and enhance renewable energy resources for power grid applications. Yet, despite these ...

The research and development of cathode materials for lithium batteries have slowly gained global attention, thanks to the rapid advancement of new kinds of energy, particularly for smart wearable ...

This image, created by a scanning electron microscope, shows the dual-gradient cathode particles fabricated by the Argonne team. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has ...