Perpetual youth for batteries? | EurekAlert! Science News

Perpetual youth for batteries? | EurekAlert! Science News
This news release is available in German.
A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It significantly reduces their potential storage capacity. To date, very little is known about the causes of the aging effects. Scientists from the Department of Technical Electrochemistry and the Research Neutron Source FRM II at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now come a step closer to identifying the causes in their latest experiments.