Probing interactions and structures among ions for designing high-performance batteries

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-blueprint-high-performance-batteries.html

"combining negatively and positively charged ions improves overall battery performance... next-generation multivalents such as zinc, magnesium and calcium replacing lithium-ion... analysis using X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and Density functional theory... optimize metal deposition and stripping at the anode, enhance cation transport, increase electrode stability and activity, enable thousands of cycles, and faster, more efficient electricity generation and storage"

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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-3d-magnesiophilic-substrate-enables-planar.html