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Figure 1: A lithium-ion battery with LCO as the cathode and graphite as the anode. https://www.batteryburnbook.com/learn/vesta monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/fa19f590-485b-46f9-a6cf-851574de686d/cif+file.png Learn - How to Read a .cif File Without a PhD - Make it stand out Left: .cif file Right: the same .cif file opened in VESTA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/5c5f5459-7e1f-4dd7-82bb-747c627e756c/crayon+colors.png Learn - How to Read a .cif File Without a PhD - The colors you can choose from in VESTA The colors you can choose in VESTA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/a7be5aaa-4ac6-4a0d-9669-991decc15919/LCO+w+correct+colors.png Learn - How to Read a .cif File Without a PhD - Make it stand out LCO now colored with the BBB approved colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/8915b596-52ec-4a43-a157-4abca0f0e5e4/Screenshot+2025-12-09+at+8.15.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Learn - How to Read a .cif File Without a PhD - Make it stand out Do not show unit cell, 100% shininess https://www.batteryburnbook.com/learn/cyclic-voltammetry monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/ffbe1980-7500-4095-bd3b-f28ee1e07ad5/CV1.png Learn - Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) - Figure 1: Three-Electrode Setup for CV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/1e9ab618-0c4f-4e25-9989-88978f642c00/CV2.png Learn - Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) - Figure 2: A cyclic voltammogram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/9d8bdeac-e117-4db5-bf7b-485417ebec5c/CV3.png Learn - Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) - Figure 3: Diffusion-Controlled Behavior in CV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/64cdd41f-0419-42f3-943f-46a6762692fd/CV+eqn.png Learn - Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) - Randles–Sevcik equation Randles–Sevcik equation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/a4efe162-e18b-4f08-9133-9e269ae28faa/duck.PNG Learn - Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) - Figure 4: CV plots are called “Duck Plots” in the industry https://www.batteryburnbook.com/learn/sodium-ion-basics monthly 0.5 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/016a2a45-58ab-4ddc-a4a4-7ec46b256e5e/NFPP.png Learn - Sodium’s Spotlight: Na-ion Basics - Na4Fe3(PO4)2(P2O7) also known as NFPP Na4 Fe3 (PO4 )2 (P2 O7 ) (NFPP) https://www.batteryburnbook.com/learn/factorial monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/1debd6d7-0800-4c43-bda3-a518e5b98b19/davos.png Learn - Female Founders Series: Factorial Energy - Dr. Siyu Huang speaking at Davos in 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/68601595-95c9-44ad-8e1d-5e105d21ba9d/fact.png Learn - Female Founders Series: Factorial Energy - Factorial’s batteries according to their website. source: https://factorialenergy.com/technology/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/a80de1e0-8258-4ec7-88ce-3e73b4f42fa6/monomer.png Learn - Female Founders Series: Factorial Energy - The monomer The monomer in question https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/18500c1b-a174-4d23-977d-2c49e5cbfc66/li+ion.png Learn - Female Founders Series: Factorial Energy - Check out that separator with a ⅜” hole in it, and a catholyte instead of just a cathode. 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Unit cells are shown in black (hexagonal) or blue (monoclinic) and Li, TM, and O atoms in light green, dark green, and red respectively.(1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/d5e14097-e826-4a58-ae47-10253af0ad45/fig2.png Learn - Peak Bifurcation of NMC: H1, H2, and H3 “Phases” - Figure 2 Schematic illustration of the three host structures O3, O1, and H1-3. Upper case letters describe the stacking of the close-packed oxygen layers.[2] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/3082db2e-c787-4631-b27e-8e9bfbb14f3d/Screenshot+2025-03-02+at+5.36.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Learn - Peak Bifurcation of NMC: H1, H2, and H3 “Phases” - Figure 3 Evolution of a- and c-lattice parameters from Rietveld refinement analysis of operando XRD data obtained for a Li/LNO cell [8] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/15d2618f-697e-4a0c-bbbd-c09edf4065bc/fig4.png Learn - Peak Bifurcation of NMC: H1, H2, and H3 “Phases” - Figure 4 Variations of the lattice parameters of NMC111 as a function of x during first charge. The hexagonal phase (H1) lattice parameters (a and c) are indicated with circles and squares, and the other hexagonal phase (H2) with upper and lower triangles.[10] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/fbd7c655-c1fa-493f-baf9-d351856fafae/fig5.png Learn - Peak Bifurcation of NMC: H1, H2, and H3 “Phases” - Figure 5 In situ XRD of NMC111 (Li1−xNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2) during the first charge. Contour plot of the 003 diffraction peak of NMC111 with increasing x between x = 0 and 0.7 during the first charge process at different C rates. [11] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/669ed3b0ce426b6f8f4df9dc/fac2a89c-25ef-4742-9c28-521a0a1c5bd5/fig6.png Learn - Peak Bifurcation of NMC: H1, H2, and H3 “Phases” - Figure 6 Crystal structures of the (A) H1, (B) H2, and (C) H3 phases of NMC. 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