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Powerful X-ray reveals the inner life of an electric-vehicle battery

Researchers get an unprecedented glimpse of how ions behave during a drive.
An employee disassembles a used lithium-ion electric vehicle battery.

A used lithium-ion battery from an electric vehicle is disassembled in a factory. A new technique allows researchers to track the flow of lithium ions inside such devices. Credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty

Ultra-bright X-rays can show researchers how lithium ions move inside charging or discharging batteries, providing an unprecedented window into the action inside the devices1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03756-2

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  1. Dawkins, J. I. G. et al. Joule https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.11.003 (2023).

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