Expanded nanoscale imaging provides a clearer vision for the future of batteries

Battery cells are complex and evolving systems, and every particle has a story to tell. At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), there is a common consensus that X-ray imaging techniques hold the key to unlocking critical information about the performance of energy storage systems. As such, NREL researchers are at the forefront of new research using X-ray diagnostics techniques to examine the composition and architecture of battery materials. And with the anticipated addition of a new X-ray nanoscale computed tomography (nano-CT) scanner, NREL researchers will have the technology that enables them to get a clearer picture of energy materials than ever before.