Stanford/SLAC team redesign current collectors to make them lighter, safer and about 20% more efficient

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By mmillikinOct 17, 2020, 5:00 am874 ptsTrendingInterestingTop
In an entirely new approach to making lithium-ion batteries lighter, safer and more efficient, scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reengineered one of the heaviest battery components—sheets of copper or aluminum foil known as current…

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