Rice University adds red phosphorus to separators to foil dendrites

By Ryan Austin Rice University scientists have found that adding a layer of red phosphorus to separators in lithium metal batteries can signal when damaging dendrites threaten to create a short circuit.
Rice University chemist James Tour made lithium metal test cells with a coat of red phosphorus on the separator, which keeps the …read more

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