Charging Lithium Ion Batteries (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Charging Lithium Ion Batteries

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This is an apparatus used to charge lithium ion coin cell batteries at various rates with different levels of current at the Stanford Institute for Materials Science and Engineering. The results indicate that the benefits of slow draining and charging may have been overestimated.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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