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Xiangbo Meng
Mechanical engineering professor Xiangbo “Henry” Meng has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to reconstruct a clean, anti-oxidative surface of high-capacity NMC811 cathodes for lithium-ion batteries used in battery-powered electric vehicles.
By addressing daunting problems related to the performance of NMC811, a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, the research will improve the energy density, lifetime and efficiency of lithium-ion batteries, while also reducing their cost.
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