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  • Electroplating delivers high-energy, high-power batteries

    May 12, 2017 2:45 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Illinois professor Paul Braun and Hailong Ning, the director of research and development at Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation, led a research team that developed a method for directly electroplating lithium-ion battery cathodes. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Illinois professor Paul Braun and Hailong Ning, the director of research and development at Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation, led a research team that developed a method for directly electroplating lithium-ion battery cathodes. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    The process that makes gold-plated jewelry or chrome car accents is now making powerful lithium-ion batteries.