Microscope Images of Battery Nanoparticles (IMAGE)

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Microscope Images of Battery Nanoparticles

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By precisely controlling the process used to make them, Stanford and SLAC researchers can produce pomegranate clusters of a specific size for silicon battery anodes.

Left: Microscopic clusters form a fine black powder that can be coated on foil to create an anode. Middle: A single cluster.

Right: In this close-up of a cluster, a silicon nanoparticle can be seen inside its yolk shell, with space to swell during battery charging.

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Nian Liu, Zhenda Lu and Yi Cui/Stanford

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