Batteries reveal all after dip in hot butter

 3D rendering of the skeletonized pore structure. Dead-end pores are marked in magenta.

Source: ACS Energy letters

High resolution images aided by solidified fat could help design batteries that charge and discharge quicker

Buttering-up batteries is the novel answer scientists in Switzerland came up with to take unprecedentedly high resolution pictures of a critical component of lithium–ion batteries. Butter poured into the battery provided an excellent way to make a cast of an important component and could help to find new ways to improve batteries.