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To: Red Badger

I think I see that it improves the battery life; I don’t think I see that it improves capacity or energy density.


5 posted on 06/04/2013 1:52:40 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy

By increasing the surface area of the electrode I think would increase the capacity.........


9 posted on 06/04/2013 2:02:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: jiggyboy

“Silicon has 10 times the charge storage capacity of carbon, the conventional material used in lithium-ion electrodes. The problem is that silicon expands and breaks.”


10 posted on 06/04/2013 2:07:02 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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