Chongmin Wang, DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Chongmin Wang, DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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PNNL researcher Chongmin Wang and colleagues have developed the first step-by-step explanation of how a lithium-air battery forms bubbles, which expand the battery and create wear and tear that can cause it to fail. The research was aided by an environmental transmission electron microscope (shown here), which enabled the creation of a first-of-a-kind video that shows bubbles inflating and later deflating inside a nanobattery.

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