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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. It also has the advantage of being more stable. 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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The gears were custom-manufactured by a commercial supplier and modified in Henry’s lab in the Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions (CNES) Laboratory at Georgia Tech. The pump could also be used to allow higher temperature operation in concentrated solar power applications, where molten salts are now used. —Amy et al.