The thermal battery can be charged when electricity is cheapest—often when there is an oversupply of renewable power on the grid—and then discharged when demand spikes. There are several advantages to ...

The tiny battery helps researchers study why batteries overheat and catch fire, making it easier to design safer batteries ...

Overheating batteries are a serious risk, in the worst cases leading to fires and explosion. A team has now developed a simple, cost-effective method to test the safety of lithium-ion batteries, which ...

Overheating batteries are a serious risk, in the worst cases leading to fires and explosion. A team including researchers ...

As the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to surge, ensuring the efficiency and safety of their battery systems has become a critical focus for researchers. A groundbreaking study from the ...

BESS fires can start from thermal runaway, where one cell failure can trigger a cascade of overheating, leading to fires that ...