New Atlas

Lead-based anode for lithium batteries doubles energy storage capacity

When it comes to expanding the capabilities of today’s lithium-ion batteries, all kinds of alternative materials are on the table, from salt, to silicon, to microwaved plastics. Owing to its abundance ...
Nanowerk

Novel method of imaging silicon anode degradation may lead to better batteries (w/video)

(Nanowerk News) A novel method of characterizing the structural and chemical evolution of silicon and a thin layer that governs battery stability may help resolve issues that prevent using silicon for ...
Morningstar

Li-ion Battery Cathode and Anode Ten-Year Material Outlook, by IDTechEx

Cathodes play a dominant role in defining cell energy density, and also make up a significant proportion of cell costs, due to the use of high-cost metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. Standard ...
Electronic Design

Triple-Output LED Driver Works With Common-Anode LED Strings

SOME MULTI-STRING LED MODULES come with a common-anode configuration. The commonanode connection reduces the number of wires between the LED module and its driver from 2N to N+1, where N is the number ...
AZOM

Lithium-Ion Batteries: Characterizing Anode Material with Compression Tests

Lithium-ion batteries are a kind of rechargeable battery that is charged or discharged through desorption or insertion of lithium ions (Li +) from or into the active material structure. In recent ...