Researchers develop new microscope to understand how batteries work. (IMAGE)

University of Houston

Researchers develop new microscope to understand how batteries work.

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As Professor Xiaonan Shan observes, University of Houston graduate Guangxia Feng works on the operando reflection interference microscope (RIM) inside a “glove box” because the lithium-ion battery electrolyte is flammable.

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