Changing grain orientation of metal batteries by adding thin layer silicon between lithium metal and current collector improves performance

https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/better-texture-better-batteries

"10X improved rate capability... collaborations with LG Energy Solution for commercialization... future: lower pressure during testing from 5 to 1 MPa industry standard, study texture of sodium as a readily available alternative to lithium (predict sodium metal prefers to have texture for fast atomic diffusion"