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Making Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries

Posted by timothy on from the for-some-values-of-safe dept.

itwbennett writes "Exploding iPhones may be a thing of the past. Researchers at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a new polymer, STOBA (that's self-terminated oligomers with hyper-branched architecture to you and me), that is added to the cathode material inside a lithium-ion battery to keep them from overheating. 'Fires or explosions in these batteries are caused by short circuits,' said Wu Hung-chun, a researcher at ITRI, explaining that even minor mishandling such as dropping the handset could result in damage causing a short circuit. 'The technology is ready for lithium-ion batteries used in electronic devices, mobile phones, laptops,' said Wu. And ITRI has started testing STOBA on electric car batteries."

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  1. God I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNING FLESH IN THE MORN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    From those exploding iphones !!

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    1. Re:FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!11""!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  4. Re:Nothing to do with iPhones by sincewhen · · Score: 1, Troll

    the anti-particle of awesomeness

    Isn't that called a zune?

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