Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
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Chief Scientist, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science
On December 29, researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory published findings in Nature Nanotechnology that flip battery science on its head. Single-crystal lithium-ion batteries—designed specifically to avoid the grain-boundary cracking that plagued older batteries—are failing anyway. But they're cracking for the exact opposite reason scientists expected.
Updated Dec 30, 2025
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