But the most prevalent fake batteries, Pecht says, are homemade creations. Counterfeiters can do this in make-shift environments because building a lithium-ion cell is fairly straightforward. With an ...

Global annual battery production capacity will rise from nearly 500 GWh in 2020 to nearly 5000 by 2036, finds to IDTechEx, with more than 50% of that capacity centralized in China. As of 2024, China ...

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has warned the batteries can start a fire without warning, that spreads in seconds, burns ...

West Midlands Fire Service has launched a lithium-ion battery safety campaign amid concern over the growing number of fires from discarded batteries.

A joint research team from NIMS and Toyo Tanso has developed a carbon electrode that enables stable operation of a 1-Wh-class ...

In 2021, NIMS developed a lithium-air battery that delivered about 500 Wh/kg, more than twice the energy density of standard ...

Keeping your laptop plugged in constantly is generally safe due to modern safeguards, but it can subtly accelerate battery ...

They recover lithium from used batteries with a purity of 99.79% and simplify solid-state batteries, promoting the safety of ...

If you haven't flown since last Thanksgiving, the rules are different this year, including different IDs and new rules about ...

If there’s one thing everyone wants more of, it’s battery life. Phones are faster, laptops are thinner, displays are brighter ...

A study provides new guidance for designing sodium-ion batteries, which are emerging as a less expensive and more ...