Breathing Easy (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Breathing Easy

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In electrodes, silicon nanoparticles coated in alucone (yellow spheres outlined in orange) expand and contract easily on charging and use. But left to their native silicon oxide covering (yellow spheres in blue), they break down fast on recharging.

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Chongmin Wang/PNNL

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