Did you know that the structural engineering of modern battery electrodes can be inspired by the intricate pathways of our body's own circulatory system? In this episode of Papers Illuminated – Člankarnica, we sit down with Professor Robert Dominko, Head of the Laboratory for Modern Battery Systems and Head of the new Center for Development, Demonstration and Training for Carbon-Free Technologies at the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, to explore how high-TRL engineering is driving the green transition.

We dive deep into their latest research published in the prestigious journal Energy Storage Materials, focusing on a groundbreaking method to structure battery electrodes using polar and non-polar solvent dynamics. By creating bio-inspired transport channels and boosting the active material content up to 60%, their work drastically cuts inactive additives while achieving unprecedented areal capacities of 30–50 mAh/cm².

Join us for a fascinating look at how fundamental chemistry, scale-up engineering, global industry collaborations with partners like Honda, and a bold vision for fully decomposable batteries are teaming up to shape the future of energy storage!

Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405829726003338?via=ihub