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UCLA team makes step toward long-lasting, fast-charging and high-powered energy storage

This altered crystal structure of molybdenum trioxide opened up atomic “lanes” for more energy-carrying ions and electrons to travel through the material at higher rates.
This altered crystal structure of molybdenum trioxide opened up atomic “lanes” for more energy-carrying ions and electrons to travel through the material at higher rates. Photo by  Hyung-Seok Kim/Nature Materials.


A team of UCLA researchers led by Bruce Dunn, Vidvuds Ozolins, and Sarah Tolbert—professors of materials science and engineering and chemistry and biochemistry, respectively—has succeeded in modifying the atomic structure of a long-lasting energy storage material, opening up atomic “lanes” for more energy-carrying ions and electrons to travel through the material at higher rates. This technology paves the way for the creation of energy-storage devices with increased longevity, faster charge times, and the high-power property of capacitors.

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