Engineering electrode microstructures for advanced lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

The architecture of anode materials is an essential factor in improving the performance of energy storage devices, which meets the increasing demand for energy storage and helps achieve environmental sustainability targets. Atomic manufacturing allows the makeup of electrodes to be changed precisely at the atomic level. This facilitates the creation of electrode materials with specific physical properties and enhanced performance. This Perspective reviews the details of how the microstructure design influences key electrode material characteristics. Finally, we anticipate the potential of materials and manufacturing techniques for materials microstructure in the future. A thorough grasp of the materials microstructure in electrode materials is offered by this article.

Keywords

Morphology / microstructures / high-performance / batteries

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