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UCF Researcher Is Working to Extend Battery Life in Smartphones, Electric Cars
October 26, 2020
Some of Assistant Professor Yang Yang’s latest work is focused on keeping a key, internal metal structure — the anode — from falling apart over time. A University of Central Florida researcher is working to make portable devices and electric vehicles stay charged longer by extending the life of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries powering them.…