
Mammal bones inspire design of new sodium-ion battery
To build a more structurally stable sodium-ion battery, a team of researchers from South Korea and the United States have turned to mammal bones and their multilayer geometry for inspiration.
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To build a more structurally stable sodium-ion battery, a team of researchers from South Korea and the United States have turned to mammal bones and their multilayer geometry for inspiration.
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