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I am a high school student interested in the physics and materials, behind the limits of today's technology.
I find it especially intriguing when engineers hit a physical limit and have to dive into the physics and materials behind that limit to overcome it. The curiosity this has sparked takes me into areas such as nuclear and fusion energy, semiconductors, batteries, and the materials for demanding engineering applications. I follow the physics across scales, from the microscale behavior that gives rise to the properties of materials to the behavior of the components and systems that we use every day.
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In my EPQ research, I have been research into battery anode capacity down to the atomic level where 1 silicon atom can bind to about 4 lithium atoms where the graphite anode needs 6 carbon atoms to store 1 lithium atom. This is the fundamental behind the theoretical capacity of 10x to conventional graphite anode.