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New core-shell yolk-shell nanohybrid silicon anode for high-performance Li-ion batteries

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A team from Zhejiang University of Technology and the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong has developed a core-shell yolk-shell Si@C@void@C nanohybrid for use as a Li-ion battery anode. The new nanohybrid provides better conductivity and corrosion resistance than a yolk-shell Si@void@C nanostructure—which itself improves the low Li + /electron conductivity and buffers the huge volume variation of silicon.

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More solar energy was added in 2016 than natural gas or wind

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Renewable-energy growth has accelerated in 2016, but this may go down as a milestone year for one renewable-energy source in particular. Together, all renewable-energy sources are expected to account for 8 percent of U.S. electricity-generation capacity in 2017, according to the Department of Energy, and solar energy is responsible for most of.

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