A breakthrough in solid-state battery tech

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/business-tech/a-breakthrough-in-solid-state-battery-tech/article65846786.ece

"microscopic voids were developing in the lithium anode during discharge. The currents concentrated at the edges of these voids were about 10,000 times more than the average currents across the battery cell. This, they deduced, was creating stress on the solid electrolyte, leading to dendrite formation... ultra-thin layer of a refractory (heat-resistant) metal between the lithium anode and the solid electrolyte. This lithium-phobic interlayer delayed dendrite growth"

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