US researchers have developed a new kind of lithium-ion battery which cannot catch on fire or explode when stressed.
One of the experimental aqueous lithium-ion batteries. Image courtesy of US Army Laboratory. A team from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland designed a lithium-ion battery which made use of an aqueous solution. These batteries would not catch on fire despite being punctured multiple times with a…
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