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A Commercially Scalable Process for Silicon Anode Prelithiation his project will develop a cost- effective and scalable pre- lithiation process. Carbon fiber precursor from biomimetic polymer This project will use spider silk fiber as a model for engineering a biomimetic polymer precursor to replace polyacrylonitirile (PAN) precursors.
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