Batteries could be beefed-up with "crumpled graphene balls", suggest scientists

Nicholas Fearn
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Graphene could help make lighter batteries offering more power

"Crumpled graphene balls" could be used to beef-up the power of batteries, as well as make them lighter, according to scientists at Northwestern University in the US. They believe that lithium-m...

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