the flushed fluid exiting valve 405 and being pulled into the bottom nozzle 409 to provide information for example concerning when all li ions have been stripped from the cathode and the sensor detects no such ions in that step and to provide information concerning when li ions have saturated the anode and detects too high a concentration of that ion in that step the type of battery lithium ion used in this example is exemplary only and such a staged ion flushing and saturation technique may be used with virtually any other battery type and even some capacitors fig5 depicts a stream lined cathode element 503 which may be variably combined flushed and replaced with other such cathode elements to accomplish rapid recharging of a battery cell in accordance with aspects of the present invention cathode element 503 may comprise any suitable cathode matter such as aluminum among many other possible elements alloys and other materials in a skeleton 505 which may be comprise multi valent outer contact surfaces 507 electrically connected with one another and the remainder of the skeleton 505 for example through central bridging 509 which is also comprised in the skeleton 505 skeleton 505 may also comprise crystals 511 or other cathode materials for accepting ions such as li ions or other electrolytic products or aspects from a surrounding electrolyte s skeleton 505 preferably is ciliated reticulated or contains other surface area maximizing features such as the examples shown as 513 that are thinly constructed for example 7 30 microns in width to maximize the ion acceptance capacity of cathode element 503 crystals 511 preferably coat impregnate or are otherwise comprised throughout at least the surface of each such surface feature due to their size and shape contacts 507 also.