UT Austin researchers discover anode materials that can double lithium battery charge capacity
Improved and less expensive anodes can be made from mechanical rolling, which is much easier than the usual slurry coating process.
“The eutectic microstructure forms naturally because of thermodynamics,” Kreder said. “Then, you can reduce the microstructure by rolling it, which is an extraordinarily cheap step to convert a microstructure into a nanostructure.”