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Faster recharging batteries possible after new insights
http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2017/01/18/faster-recharging-batteries/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Faster recharging batteries possible after new insights[/font]
18 January 2017
[font size=3]Faster recharging lithium batteries could be developed after scientists figured out why adding charged metal atoms to tunnel structures within batteries improves their performance.
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It was recently discovered that that large metal ions such as potassium can improve charge storage in batteries, but it wasn’t understood why this was the case.
The research teams used a powerful combination of structural experiments and computer simulations to unravel for the first time why adding charged potassium into tunnel-like structures of low-cost manganese oxide has a strong beneficial effect on the battery performance.
They discovered that adding positively charged ions increased how fast lithium moves within the tunnel structures, which is crucial to improving the charging of batteries.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1337418 January 2017
[font size=3]Faster recharging lithium batteries could be developed after scientists figured out why adding charged metal atoms to tunnel structures within batteries improves their performance.
…
It was recently discovered that that large metal ions such as potassium can improve charge storage in batteries, but it wasn’t understood why this was the case.
The research teams used a powerful combination of structural experiments and computer simulations to unravel for the first time why adding charged potassium into tunnel-like structures of low-cost manganese oxide has a strong beneficial effect on the battery performance.
They discovered that adding positively charged ions increased how fast lithium moves within the tunnel structures, which is crucial to improving the charging of batteries.
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