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A safer, nonflammable battery electrolyte exists, but self-assembly flaw is holding it back

Many important technologies, from handheld phones to medical devices and transportation vehicles, rely on rechargeable batteries. Modern top-of-the-line rechargeable batteries transport lithium ions between electrodes to store and deliver energy.

A safer, nonflammable battery electrolyte exists, but self-assembly flaw is holding it back
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Many important technologies, from handheld phones to medical devices and transportation vehicles, rely on rechargeable batteries. Modern top-of-the-line rechargeable batteries transport lithium ions between electrodes to store and deliver energy.

Originally published at Phys.org

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