Tin Improves Lithium-Ion Batteries

Forbes reported tin might just be the secret to better performing and more environmentally-friendly lithium-ion batteries.

As quoted in the market news:

The trick is to replace graphite with tin for the anode, which is one of the two main components in a battery cell, said Grant Norton, who headed the research and is a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the university. Using tin can increase the energy storage capacity of a battery cell by nearly three times, he said.

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