Stanford Scientists Create Aluminum Battery (IMAGE) Stanford University Caption Stanford Professor Hongjie Dai's lab has invented an ultra-fast aluminum-ion battery with electrodes made of inexpensive aluminum (Al) and sheets of nanocarbon. Credit Meng-Chang Lin & Hongjie Dai, Stanford University Usage Restrictions Photographs, videos and other images provided by the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University are to be used - with appropriate credit - for editorial purposes only. Flopping, editing, altering or otherwise embellishing these images in any way that changes the images' editorial content is prohibited. Photographs and images provided for web use must be resized to low resolution. Permission is for one-time use only. Supplied photo/video/image file must be deleted after use. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.