Battery fires are rare, but when they happen, they require enormous amounts of firefighting resources. The problem is caused by the flammable electrolyte, which can generate its own oxygen in a ...

Lithium-based batteries are great, with different electrode chemistries allowing them to be slotted into a variety of uses. The problem with them has nothing to do with their performance. The ...

With more than a dozen lithium-ion battery factories under construction, the rapidly growing US battery industry is drawing in manufacturers of electrolyte, the liquid that transports lithium ions ...