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May 15th, 2007
Nanomaterials show promise as energy boosters
Abstract:
Lithium-ion batteries could get a twofold boost in charge storage capacity from a nanotechnology developed at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and announced May 8 at the 211th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (Chicago).
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