How Modern Batteries Work: The Effect of Particle Size on Battery Performance
Authors:
- Students:
- Amineh Ayyad
- Zahrah Bennett
- Amani Khatib
- Amatullah Mir
- Sahrish Mirjat
- Malaak Yehya
- Shadin Zayyad
- Hanna Ziyad
- Teachers:
- Ghada Ali
- Mentors:
- Olaf Borkiewicz (Argonne National Laboratory, Sector 11-ID-B)
- Kamila Wiaderek (Argonne National Laboratory, Sector 11-ID-B)
Advanced Photon Source Sector 11: Structural Science Group
The purpose of this experiment is to observe how the change in battery structure, specifically cathode material, may amplify or reduce the performance of a coin battery. In this experiment, we constructed and assembled three different samples of coin batteries. In each sample, we used a different cathode material. Then, we utilized the APS beamline to test our samples and observe their different x-ray diffraction patterns or “fingerprints.” We used a commercial battery as our control.