Scientists are working to understand why and when lithium-ion batteries in phones, plug-in electric vehicles, and other applications lose charge or fail. One of their best tools for this investigation is x-rays from the DOE light sources, including Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/peering-batteries-x-rays-reveal-lithium-ion-s-mysteries
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