Solution

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Increase the electrochemically accessible area and reduce transport resistance rather than merely forcing more electric current through the same thick electrode. A thinner, porous composite distributed over a larger area, a conductive-carbon network, good electrolyte wetting and short ionic paths reduce local current density and electric polarization. Adequate battery separator conductivity and low-resistance collectors also help. Parallel cells can distribute total electric current while retaining the total active-material inventory.
The objective is to preserve usable capacity at a higher rate by avoiding premature voltage cutoff and inaccessible active material. It does not create more charge: a fixed inventory with delivers a greater electric current for a proportionally shorter time. Maintaining the original two-year duration at greater electric current requires proportionally more capacity.

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