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Graphite Intercalation Staging in Li-ion Anodes

Interactive 3D model of a lithium-ion battery's graphite anode: watch Li+ ions stage-order themselves between graphene sheets as LixC6 lithiates, driving the anode's real staircase voltage curve from dilute stage IV to LiC6 stage I.

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Nanotechnology's biggest single win in energy storage is inside the graphite anode every Li-ion cell already uses: nanoscale-thin graphene sheets stacked with galleries just wide enough for a lithium ion to slide between them. This simulator renders that stack in 3D and drives real staging physics — as you charge, Li+ ions don't fill galleries at random, they order themselves into stages (IV → III → II → I) exactly as the Daumas–Herold model predicts, and the anode's terminal voltage traces the resulting real staircase curve, complete with C-rate and temperature-dependent overpotential.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch lithium ions stage-order themselves between nanoscale graphene sheets in a Li-ion battery's graphite anode, tracing the real staircase voltage curve from dilute stage IV through to fully-lithiated LiC6 stage I.

nanotechnologybatterylithium-iongraphite anodeelectrochemistrymaterials science

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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