New Treatment Improves Lithium Ion Battery Performance By 20%

A new North Carolina State University study shows that laser-induced defects in lithium-ion battery materials improve the performance of the battery. The work was performed in collaboration with battery testing researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They show that extremely short pulses from a commercial high-powered laser can cause tiny defects in lithium-ion battery materials – defects that can enhance battery performance. The study paper describing the results has been published in the journal…