Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Exploding-battery epidemic caused by ‘lithium moss’

<A target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/exploding_batteries/">Those phone and notebook computers that over-heated and caught fire</A> all seem to have something in common - moss. With repeated charges, the lithium forms dendrites, mossy fibers than can create a short circuit.

News Timeline



From Our Sponsor