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Oliver Buchannon
Battery Burn Book

Electrochemistry enthusiasts. Our goal is to increase diversity in energy storage.

Intro to SEM

Jun 3, 2026

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4 min read

Intro to SEM

and the Microstructure Behind Battery Performance

Alyssa Stavola
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Retired Batteries Deserve a Second Career

May 27, 2026

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2 min read

Retired Batteries Deserve a Second Career

Why second-life batteries are harder than they sound

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Battery Burn Book
Advanced Level XRD

May 20, 2026

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1 min read

Advanced Level XRD

WTF is EDXRD

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Alyssa Stavola
Battery Burn Book, +1
Battery Business

May 6, 2026

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7 min read

Battery Business

Battery Stock Tracker

Battery Burn Book
Alyssa Stavola
Battery Burn Book, +1
Think Like an Ion

Apr 29, 2026

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1 min read

Think Like an Ion

Li ion that is

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Battery Burn Book
If It Worked, Why Can’t Anyone Else Make It?

Apr 22, 2026

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3 min read

If It Worked, Why Can’t Anyone Else Make It?

Publishable, Not Reproducible

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Battery Burn Book
Intro to XRD

Apr 15, 2026

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2 min read

Intro to XRD

X-ray Diffraction 101

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Battery Burn Book
Learn Analytics: Your Battery Is Already Predicting Its Failure

Apr 8, 2026

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4 min read

Learn Analytics: Your Battery Is Already Predicting Its Failure

What if your battery is already telling you when it will fail, but you’re not listening?

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Battery Burn Book
When Batteries Get Hot: Lithium-Ion Safety

Apr 1, 2026

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6 min read

When Batteries Get Hot: Lithium-Ion Safety

Why thermal runaway is every battery engineer’s worst nightmare

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Battery Burn Book
Zinc Air Batteries

Mar 25, 2026

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6 min read

Zinc Air Batteries

hearing aids and the future of BESS?

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Battery Burn Book
Quantifying Li

Mar 11, 2026

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3 min read

Quantifying Li

ICP-OES for Battery Materials

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Battery Burn Book

Failure Mode Analysis: Battery Company Edition

FMA: 24M Technologies

Mar 4, 2026

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7 min read

FMA: 24M Technologies

Failure Mode Analysis

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Battery Burn Book
CMC/SBR binders for cathodes

Feb 25, 2026

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6 min read

CMC/SBR binders for cathodes

Binders = fancy battery glue

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Battery Burn Book
Solid State Batteries

Feb 18, 2026

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2 min read

Solid State Batteries

Whoever decided that solid state can mean some liquid deserves their place in hell

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Battery Burn Book
Black Friday: What Layoffs Reveal About Leadership

Feb 11, 2026

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6 min read

Black Friday: What Layoffs Reveal About Leadership

It has to be said

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Battery Burn Book
Battery Scientist vs Cell Engineer vs Test Engineer

Feb 4, 2026

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4 min read

Battery Scientist vs Cell Engineer vs Test Engineer

If you hire a battery scientist expecting them to run your pilot line, you’re going to have a bad time.

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Battery Burn Book
Battery Shipping Mistakes

Jan 28, 2026

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9 min read

Battery Shipping Mistakes

If you've never Googled "Can I ship lithium batteries," you're either early or already in trouble.

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Battery Burn Book
Air Electrodes

Jan 21, 2026

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2 min read

Air Electrodes

If you’ve ever wondered why Form Energy uses two different air electrodes (giving them three total electrodes in one battery) this post is for you.

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Battery Burn Book
Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Cathodes

Jan 14, 2026

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6 min read

Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Cathodes

Why This Boring Chemistry is Winning the Energy Transition

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Battery Burn Book
Cathode Materials: New Year, Same Tradeoffs

Jan 7, 2026

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3 min read

Cathode Materials: New Year, Same Tradeoffs

Times are changing but physics is stubborn

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Battery Burn Book
Quality is Key and 2025 Year End Review

Dec 17, 2025

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5 min read

Quality is Key and 2025 Year End Review

We are calling them the Final Five

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Battery Burn Book
How to Read a .cif File Without a PhD

Dec 10, 2025

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3 min read

How to Read a .cif File Without a PhD

An ugly software that creates beautiful images

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Battery Burn Book
Fully Charged Holiday Picks

Dec 3, 2025

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3 min read

Fully Charged Holiday Picks

Gifts for the bright sparks in your life

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Battery Burn Book
Domestic CAM Companies

Nov 19, 2025

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3 min read

Domestic CAM Companies

CAM = cathode active material

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Battery Burn Book
Lab Perfection to Line Precision

Nov 12, 2025

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3 min read

Lab Perfection to Line Precision

Cell manufacturing is the real superpower

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Battery Burn Book
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