Building better batteries (that don’t explode)
AUG 16, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020355
The New York Times : Batteries have not improved at the same rate as the electronic devices they power, but recent advances in lithium polymer batteries, popular with cell phone and computer manufacturers, have led to a new host of problems as Dell’s $400 million recall of more than 4 million batteries can attest. Companies are now looking not only to meet these increasing power demands, but are trying to figure out how to create safer, more stable batteries. DAMON DARLIN and BARNABY J. FEDER of the New York Times investigate three of the most promising battery technologies and explain why a Dell laptop battery could catch fire and explode.
© 2006 American Institute of Physics
