{"id":157503,"date":"2023-02-09T23:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T05:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/microstructure-and-defect-engineering-improves-performance-of-lithium-ion-batteries"},"modified":"2023-02-09T23:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T05:24:54","slug":"microstructure-and-defect-engineering-improves-performance-of-lithium-ion-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/microstructure-and-defect-engineering-improves-performance-of-lithium-ion-batteries","title":{"rendered":"Microstructure and defect engineering improves performance of lithium-ion batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/microstructure-and-defect-engineering-improves-performance-of-lithium-ion-batteries2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new North Carolina State University study, performed in collaboration with battery testing researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, shows that extremely short pulses from a high-powered laser can cause tiny defects in lithium-ion battery materials\u2014defects that can enhance battery performance.<\/p>\n<p>The technique, called nanosecond pulsed laser annealing, lasts for only 100 nanoseconds and is generated by the same type of laser used in modern-day eye surgeries. Researchers tested the technique on graphite, a material widely used in lithium-ion battery anodes, or positive electrodes. They tested the technique in batches of 10 pulses and 80 pulses and compared the differences in current capacity; power is calculated by multiplying voltage by current.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in portable electronic devices and electric cars. With further improvements, these batteries could have a major impact on transportation and as storage devices for renewable energy sources like wind and solar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new North Carolina State University study, performed in collaboration with battery testing researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, shows that extremely short pulses from a high-powered laser can cause tiny defects in lithium-ion battery materials\u2014defects that can enhance battery performance. The technique, called nanosecond pulsed laser annealing, lasts for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":687,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,38,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-engineering","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/687"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}