Casimir–van der Waals Electrospun Nanofiber Electrodes for Energy Storage

PROBLEM: Electrospun fibre electrodes rely on a loose fibre network, but Casimir and van der Waals forces between fibres can pull the network together during cycling, closing pores and trapping electrolyte. That compaction changes ion access in a way that looks like chemical capacity loss, yet the cause is physical fibre attraction. Electrode lifecycle records must therefore carry fibre-network state, not just cycle counts.

SOLUTION: Storage Copy Data Management would provide a governed lifecycle capability that retains fibre recipe, DFT-predicted interfacial behaviour, Casimir/van der Waals fibre-contact estimates, and measured cycling records for each electrode batch. The capability would version fibre and regeneration histories together, preserve the energy budget for spinning, curing, and regeneration, and make the full lineage retrievable for audit. It manages electrode evidence rather than claiming storage performance.

EVIDENCE BASIS: Casimir/van der Waals dispersion forces are DOCUMENTED: quantum-fluctuation forces between uncharged surfaces at nanoscale; Casimir measured 1997 (Lamoreaux). DFT is based on Hohenberg–Kohn 1964 and Kohn–Sham 1965, Nobel Prize 1998. Biosorption binding follows R−COOH + M2+ ⇌ R−COOM+ + H+ and is validated by batch isotherms, qe = (C0 − Ce)V/m, Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, textbook DOCUMENTED. Source: Lamoreaux 1997 Casimir measurement and textbook DFT and biosorption isotherm literature as summarised in the batch method.