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My cell is better than yours

Nature Nanotechnology volume 19, pages 419–420 (2024)Cite this article

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Scientists encounter pressure to validate their research work, leading to varied benchmarks and methods for performance assessment in the broad energy research field. Interlaboratory studies help highlight discrepancies in reported figures of merit, underscoring the need for standardized protocols, transparent reporting, and detailed analysis for fair comparisons. Here, we discuss this topic, focusing on battery materials.

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Fig. 1: Expected workflow to evaluate a material’s electrochemical performance.

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The author acknowledges financial support within the cluster of competence FESTBATT funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF; project 13XP0428A).

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