Scientists unveil a solid electrolyte that moves lithium as fast as liquids, promising safer, fast-charging batteries.

BEMIDJI, Minn. (Valley News Live) - The Bemidji Fire Department is putting out a warning about lithium-ion batteries after a man’s cell phone caught fire. Firefighters responded after a man called ...

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t a charger left plugged in or a candle left burning—it was a cell phone that sparked an unexpected fire on a Capitol Hill porch Thursday morning. D.C. Fire responded to a small ...

Recent fires at Rumpke facilities have prompted new warnings to residents.Rumpke officials say a fire at its new $100 million recycling facility in Columbus in July was sparked by a lithium-ion cell ...

In an effort to try and save other families from losing their homes, a Minnesota family has a warning nearly everyone can relate to. That message is when you charge your phone, try not to do it ...

Lithium. While it’s not quite “the Spice” of Dune, the silvery, reactive metal is an extraordinarily valuable means for ...

A cell phone left on a charger is the suspected cause of this fire, which destroyed a family's home this afternoon. The ...

The first and only time I wrote about Lyten until now was in 2021. The startup had just introduced its LytCell EV lithium-sulfur battery, which promised to make this chemistry viable thanks to what ...

Self-discharge is a normally occurring phenomenon in lithium-ion battery cells. A normal cell may have a self-discharge rate of 1% state of charge (SOC) per month. The normal self-discharge rate is ...

When it comes to pushing the limits of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, companies are investing the most in new materials and chemistries such as solid-state electrolytes and lithium-metal anodes, or ...