Imaging polymer’s atomic-scale structure
This image shows a rendering (gray and pink) of the molecular structure of a peptoid polymer that was studied by a team led by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley. The successful imaging of a polymer’s atomic-scale structure could inform new designs for plastics, like those that form the water bottles shown in the background. Image credit: Berkeley Lab, Charles Rondeau/ PublicDomainPictures.net
New manganese materials bolster cathode capacity
An array of lithium-ion batteries stacked side by side. Conventional lithium-ion batteries made from cobalt-based cathodes (orange) and a battery with a manganese-based cathode made from two new materials (blue). The cathode structures are depicted under the surface of the batteries. The new manganese-based materials have a disordered rocksalt structure that provides higher energy density than cobalt-based batteries. A manganese ion (blue sphere) yields two electrons during the battery discharge cycle, delivering twice the capacity of the cobalt ion (orange sphere), which only yields one electron. Read the full article. Image courtesy of Advanced Light Source.
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