Undergrad Difficult Series Battery Problem

[Patrick Underwood]

Modern batteries use double-sided anode and cathodes for greater energy density. Series wiring of batteries is typically accomplished by connecting the anode of one cell to the cathode of another. However, can series be accomplished by stacking double-sided anode and cathode alternatingly with separators in one cell.

 

[jedishrfu]

While your design might work in theory, battery makers have likely investigated it and decided on other more manufacturable and safer designs.

I would think either the anode or cathode would be destroyed by the amount of electricity coursing through it and that might precipitate battery failure.

lithium batteries are manufactured in layers and then rolled into a cigar and even this design has safety issues.

https://qnovo.com/103-real-science-behind-exploding-batteries/