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Battery life and efficiency

Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.

Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance. 

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Measuring the process in unprecedented detail gives them clues to how to minimize the problem and protect battery performance.

Illustration of oxygen atoms leaving a lithium-ion battery as lithium flows in alongside a battery whose energy is being sapped by this process
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