More flexible battery design with ultrafast laser ablation
Fast, gentle and reliable: The Fraunhofer ILT has come up with a process tailor-made to ablate anode material from very thin copper foils at up to 1760 mm³/min. It uses a powerful USP laser to expose surfaces for electrical contacts.
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/cdn4.vogel.de/infinity/white.jpg "Fast, gentle and reliable: The Fraunhofer ILT has come up with a process tailor-made to ablate anode material from very thin copper foils at up to 1760 mm³/min. It uses a powerful USP laser to expose surfaces for electrical contacts.")
