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Driving change in the battery industry

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High-capacity silicon anodes could improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, but their cyclability has been limited. Christian Martin analyses recent progress in nanoscale engineering that addresses this shortcoming.

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  1. Christian Martin is an innovation consultant in Berlin, Germany,

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Martin, C. Driving change in the battery industry. Nature Nanotech 9, 327–328 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.92

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