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The authors wish to thank the scientific community in the field of energy storage and conversion for laying the foundations for these views. They are also grateful to G. Amatucci, D. Murphy and P. Poizot for valuable comments.
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Armand, M., Tarascon, JM. Building better batteries. Nature 451, 652–657 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451652a
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