Shirley Meng, the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering. “There is a gap in understanding the grain orientation, also known as the texture, how such factor impacts the rechargeable metal ...

However, the impact of metal texture has largely been overlooked in battery development. Soft metals like lithium and sodium have excellent properties for being batteries’ negative electrodes ...

Better texture for better batteries A new battery innovation looks at an overlooked attribute -- the texture of metal -- to improve performance Date: February 10, 2025 Source: University of ...

A recent study by industry partner Thermo Fisher Scientific and Professor Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion, published in Joule, found that modifying the texture of metal can ...