Device, system and method for improving efficiency and preventing degradation of energy storage devices

A method for improving energy performance and substantially preventing degradation of a chemical-to-electrical energy conversion process of an energy storage device (10), comprising the steps of:

• mechanically exciting chemical reaction products within the energy storage device (10) at energy levels proximate which chemical covalent bonds with a matrix (51), i.e., electrode material of the energy storage device (10) would form absent excitation, thereby substantially maintaining ionic bonding between the chemical reaction products and the matrix (51) and substantially preventing the chemical reaction products from covalently bonding with the matrix (51);
• and
• introducing the mechanical excitations into the energy storage device (10) via an active material (31) mechanically-responsive to electromagnetic signals, in response to an electromagnetic signal;
• whereby:
• degradation is substantially prevented by substantially preventing the covalent bonds from forming and by exciting the energy storage device (10) mechanically rather than via degrading electrical excitation;
• and
• energy performance is improved by requiring lower amounts of energy for exciting the chemical reaction products via said active material (31) than would be required to similarly excite the chemical reaction products without said active material (31), and by substantially preventing the covalent bonds from forming and causing degradation.