Wacker Chemie takes 25% in British battery materials maker
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German speciality chemicals maker Wacker Chemie on Thursday said it had bought a quarter in British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd.No financial details were disclosed.Nexeon makes silicon-based anode materials that improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries, Wacker Chemie said, adding the investment would intensify "its research activities on silicon-based materials for high-performance batteries".Anodes for standard lithium-ion batteries are currently made from..