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Batteries and similar devices accept, store, and release electricity on demand. Scientists are using new tools to better understand the electrical and chemical processes in batteries to produce a new generation of highly efficient, electrical energy storage. 

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Illustration from SLAC Public Lecture series titled Improving batteries from the atoms up.

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Two of the most urgent challenges of our time – clean energy and sustainability – require investigation at the atomic level.

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Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance. 
Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.
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Presented by Yi Cui, SLAC/Stanford University. To transform our energy sources to carbon neutrality, we need to power as much of modern society as...

public lecture art charging ahead: batteries of the future
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  Public lecture presented by Yijin Liu

Public Lecture | Improving Batteries from the Atoms Up presented by Yijin Liu
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Scientists Probe Lithium-Sulfur Batteries in Real Time
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How quickly a battery electrode decays depends on properties of individual particles in the battery – at first. Later on, the network of particles...

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SLAC’s Matt Garrett and Susan Simpkins talk about tech transfer that brings innovations from the national lab to the people, including advances for medical...

Tech Transfer
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Cryo-EM snapshots of the solid-electrolyte interphase, or SEI, reveal its natural swollen state and offer a new approach to lithium-metal battery design.

A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder.
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Islands of inactive lithium creep like worms to reconnect with their electrodes, restoring a battery’s capacity and lifespan.

Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as it exits
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Scientists who perform experiments at SLAC’s lightsources gathered online for research talks, workshops and discussions.

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Storing the rechargeable batteries at sub-freezing temperatures can crack the battery cathode and separate it from other parts of the battery, a new study...

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She toured the lab’s powerful X-ray laser, looked at the construction of the world’s largest digital camera, and discussed climate research, industries of the...

Secretary Granholm virtual visit