How to Use cathode in a Sentence

cathode

noun

• In the use of a battery, the flow goes back from the anode to the cathode.
  — University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• When the battery was turned on, the ions and electrons flowed back to the cathode.
  — Ben Guarino, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
• But even as the structure fails, the atoms inside of the cathode haven’t changed.
  — WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
• The boat served as the cathode, which completes the circuit and dictates the flow of the current.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 13 May 2022
• The electrolyte connects the cathode and anode where the ions pass back and forth.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2021
• The researchers thread a carbon-fiber cathode through the tube.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2023
• When a battery is used, lithium ions move from the anode to the cathode.
  — Kellen Browning, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• For most companies, the cathode is about the same as what's in lithium-ion.
  — Tom Krisher, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
• And in a solar cell, also there’s an anode and a cathode and so on.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
• New chemistries for both the anode and cathode were discussed—both would break new ground.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2020
• When the battery discharges during use, all of the lithium flows from the anode to the cathode.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 8 Dec. 2020
• Both of the anode and cathode sheets are black, but the cathode sheet is gloss, and the anode sheet is matte.
  — Robin Warner, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the 1950s, this meant large, heavy cathode-ray-tube cabinets.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2021
• The solid electrolyte should work with any cathode type, though.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2020
• For the cathode, Tesla is moving away from cobalt to nickel.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2020
• To use, simply spit into the reservoir and fold it into the center of the cathode and anode.
  — Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
• Compressed hydrogen from a tank is fed to the anode side of the fuel-cell, while oxygen from the air is pumped to the cathode side.
  — The Economist, 25 Sep. 2017
• If there is a fold, the lithium plating on the tab might be able to touch the cathode, which would result in a short and, again, a potential fire.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 1 Apr. 2021
• The lithium-cobalt-oxide cathode is the positive side of the LI battery.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 31 May 2020
• The cathodes of lithium batteries tend to wear after a few years.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2019
• The cathode is a structure that holds ions while retaining its structure and shape.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
• From there, the lithium ions move between the anode and cathode to recharge or give off energy.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
• In fact, batteries with the recycled cathode both last longer and charge faster.
  — Jordan Wilkerson, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
• This is possible thanks to the chemical makeup of the anode, the cathode and the surrounding parts of the battery.
  — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
• Manthiram hopes that his cobalt-free cathode will hit the market within a few years.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
• The cathode is the most valuable component of a battery cell, accounting for about 40% of its cost.
  — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• Those electrodes circle back to the cathode, giving energy to a circuit which starts the process over again.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2017
• Tesla did not respond to questions about its Austin-area cathode project.
  — Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2022
• Once the cellulose separator has been wetted with a drop of water, however, ions are able to travel through it, moving from the anode to the cathode.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
• South 8’s latest improvement is a high voltage cathode that reduces material costs and could enable fast charging down to five minutes for a full charge.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024