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