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  • Tiny nanoclusters could solve big problems for lithium-ion batteries

    Feb 20, 2017 9:30 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Illinois professor Prashant Jain’s research group found that ultrasmall nanoclusters of copper selenide could make superionic solid electrolytes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Illinois professor Prashant Jain’s research group found that ultrasmall nanoclusters of copper selenide could make superionic solid electrolytes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    As devices become smaller and more powerful, they require faster, smaller, more stable batteries. Illinois chemists have developed a superionic solid that could be the basis of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.