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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, ...

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The optimal texture for a battery anode allows atoms to move efficiently across the surface plane, enabling faster charging and discharging. Zhang stated, “We realized that differences in soft metal’s ...