According to the University of Chicago’s news release: Anode-free batteries ... Combined with a solid electrolyte, the battery flips the usual idea of a solid cathode and a liquid electrolyte.
Batteries work by making these electrons move from one part of the battery to another. Batteries are made up of two parts. One part, the anode, “holds on” to its electrons very loosely. The other ...
The liquid electrolyte in today’s cells, a flammable organic solvent, is absorbed by the three materials (anode, cathode, and separator), all somewhat spongy. Unlike a lead-acid starter battery ...