- Oct 23, 2012
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It's a well known fact that that whilst being one of the most widely used battery technologies in the world, lithium-ion can be volatile and potentially disastrous if it overheats, as proved in recent years by hoverboards, airline pilots and the Samsung Galaxy Note7, all of which highlighted the hair-raising possibility of batteries catching fire or exploding because of something as simple as a manufacturing fault or a battery being charged too quickly.
Researchers at Stanford University, however, have found a solution, and it really could make future lithium-ion batteries inherently safer. Published in the journal Science Advances, researchers have created batteries which self-extinguish if the battery catches fire, and it works in as little as 0.4 seconds with a clever chemical reaction.
Researchers at Stanford University, however, have found a solution, and it really could make future lithium-ion batteries inherently safer. Published in the journal Science Advances, researchers have created batteries which self-extinguish if the battery catches fire, and it works in as little as 0.4 seconds with a clever chemical reaction.
