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Team develops electroplating method for Li-ion cathode production; high performance and new form factors, functionalities

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In an open-access paper in the journal Science Advances, the team reports using a low-temperature (260 °C) molten salt electrodeposition approach directly to electroplate the Li-ion cathode materials layered LiCoO 2 , spinel LiMn 2 O 4 , and Al-doped LiCoO 2. —Zhang et al. 5, e1602427 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602427. 1602427.

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Ceramic pump moves molten metal at a record 1,400 ?C; new avenues for energy storage and hydrogen production

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Thermal energy is of greatest value—that is, has the highest available work or ‘exergy’—when it can be transported, stored and converted at the highest possible temperatures. Although highly attractive, liquid-metal heat transfer has historically been limited by the availability of suitable containment materials. … —Amy et al.