Possibly, I was looking at it thinking they were going for seeding the re-crystallization process during recharging in order to avoid dendrites and maintain cell energy density. I find it is often hard to deduce exactly where they are thinking of applying this due to the incredible competition around patenting and rechargeable battery ideas. (electrolytes, electrode configurations, etc). I've gotten to the point where I search patent applications with the lead authors names in them to get better clarity on why the author thinks they have made a breakthrough :-)