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Leaky insulating layer reduces battery lifetime

13 Nov 2023 Isabelle Dumé
Wearing a mask and gloves, Yaobin Xu inserts a sample into a transmission electron microscope to examine the function of a rechargeable battery
Battery research team member Yaobin Xu inserts a sample into a transmission electron microscope to examine the function of a rechargeable battery. (Courtesy: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
The first direct measurements of thin, supposedly insulating deposits that form in ageing rechargeab

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