Design
Silicon anodes had been dismissed because the silicon tended to crack and become unusable as it swelled by 400% with lithium during charging.
Commercialization was originally expected to occur in 2012, but was later deferred to 2015.
Cui's company, Amprius, shipped a related device with silicon and other materials in 2013.
In September 2010, the Stanford team demonstrated 250 charge cycles at above 80 percent of initial storage capacity. Use in electric vehicles requires thousands of cycles.
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