Biochemistry professor shares groundbreaking battery research - The Baylor Lariat

Biochemistry professor shares groundbreaking battery research - The Baylor Lariat

By Mackenzie Grizzard | Staff Writer In the age of iPhones, MacBooks and Teslas, battery-powered devices aren’t just the future — they are our lives. But with great technological power comes scientific responsibility, and one Baylor professor is dedicated to keeping people and their devices as safe as possible. Dr. Jonathan Larson, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was invited to share his research at the Volta Foundation Batter…

Lithium-button cells with electrodes made of nickel-manganese cobalt oxides (NMC) are very powerful. However, with time the capacity decreases unfortunately. Now a team was able to observe for the first time with a non-destructive procedure, how the element composition of the individual layers in a single layer can be ...