How to boost lithium battery performance – just add crushed silicon

Researchers at Rice University and Lockheed Martin may have developed a low-cost method of creating longer-lasting, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Currently graphite is used as the anode in commercial li-ion products, despite the fact that a silicon anode could potentially store ten times more lithium ions. The team says it has solved one of the problems associated with silicon, which nearly triples the energy density of current li-ion batteries... Continue Reading How to boost lithium battery performance – just add crushed silicon

Section: Research Watch

Tags: Batteries, Lithium-ion, Rice University, Silicon

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