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  • Rising number of lithium battery incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants

    05/08/2023 8:54:39 AM PDT · by george76 · 32 replies
    CBS NEWS ^ | MAY 8, 2023 | STEPHEN STOCK, AMY CORRAL
    Saindy Pyles thought she was going to die with her baby son, Liam, clutched to her chest as she flew home to Wichita from Miami after photographing a wedding. Midway through the flight Pyles said smoke filled the cabin after she saw sparks and fire burst from a bag in the seat directly behind her. "Honestly, I thought we were going to die," she said. "I looked and all I saw was flashes, just like flashes. I'm like, 'Oh my God, like, what is that?' And [the owner of the bag] is like, 'I don't know. I don't know.'" "Then...
  • Electric Vehicles and the Untold Secret: Are They Actually Worse For The Environment and More Dangerous Than Gas?

    02/23/2023 6:07:08 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 56 replies
    Miami Herald ^ | February 23, 2023 | By Amir Bakian
    Electric vehicles (EVs) are all the rage. They are touted as a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles. The United States government has passed numerous legislative actions to phase out gas-powered vehicles and make sure that, within the near term, all vehicles are electric. The common belief is that electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly and, in general, a safer form of energy. The dark secret: neither are true. Currently the gold standard for all major electronic products, EV’s included, are batteries which are made of lithium-ion. The inventor of lithium-ion himself, after receiving the Nobel Prize, warned...
  • An exploding problem: Fires sparked by lithium batteries are confounding firefighters

    02/09/2023 7:55:57 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 31 replies
    With the number of fires caused by lithium batteries soaring across the U.S., firefighters and other experts say the training needed to fight them effectively is lagging in many places. Firefighters and city officials are also imploring the manufacturers to redesign the batteries so that, when they fail, the resulting fires can be put down more easily. Kerber said his team has run tests on lithium-ion batteries in which it took only 15 seconds from the first sign of smoke to the windows being blown out in a house. In a traditional fire, it typically takes about three minutes for...
  • New cathode design solves major barrier to better lithium-ion batteries

    09/08/2022 1:21:50 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 6 replies
    Tech Explore ^ | SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 | by Joseph E. Harmon, Argonne National Laboratory
    Single crystals of cathode material: (A) no internal boundaries and (B) internal boundaries visible. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have a long history of breakthrough discoveries with lithium-ion batteries. Many of these discoveries have focused on a battery cathode known as NMC, a nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide. Batteries with this cathode now power the Chevy Bolt. Argonne researchers have made another breakthrough with the NMC cathode. The team's new structure for the cathode's micro-sized particles could lead to longer-lasting and safer batteries able to operate at very high voltage and power vehicles...
  • After massive bus fire, CT pulls electric fleet from service. ( Connecticut )

    08/08/2022 12:48:53 PM PDT · by george76 · 71 replies
    CT ^ | July 26, 2022 | Abigail Brone
    One day after officials touted the passage of the Connecticut Clean Air Act, including plans for thousands of electric vehicles to hit the road, one of the state-run electric buses caught on fire over the weekend. The blaze engulfed a CTtransit bus in a Hamden parking lot Saturday morning, sending two workers and a firefighter to the hospital, officials said. “Lithium ion battery fires are difficult to extinguish due to the thermal chemical process that produces great heat and continually reignites,” Hamden fire officials said. Two transit workers were hospitalized as a precaution after being exposed to the smoke. A...
  • Solar patio umbrellas sold at Costco recalled after multiple fires

    06/25/2022 3:34:09 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 17 replies
    CNN ^ | Zoe Sottile,
    The umbrellas were produced by California-based SunVilla Corp., the news release says. They feature LED lights on the inside arms and a solar panel with a black cover at the top of the umbrella. "The lithium-ion batteries in the umbrella's solar panels can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards," the CPSC said. The umbrellas were sold at Costco warehouses and online for between $130 and $160 from December 2020 through May 2022, the CPSC said.
  • Those Electric Cars Biden Wants You to Buy? Many Are Made with Russian Aluminum

    03/20/2022 5:57:55 PM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    The Western Journal. ^ | March 16, 2022 | Isa Cox
    resident Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were roundly mocked by conservatives last week for suggesting that working-class Americans struggling to pay the ever-climbing prices at the pump should consider simply buying an electric vehicle instead. It was the Biden-era equivalent of Marie Antoinette’s (admittedly apocryphal) adage, “Let them eat cake.” Yet this simple solution floated by Democrat elites might just be even more fantastical than expecting average Americans to be in the financial position to switch to an EV as they struggle to afford groceries. Turns out, the U.S. doesn’t only rely on Russia for oil imports —...
  • Lithium-ion batteries 'keeping the fire alive' on burning cargo ship carrying luxury cars

    02/20/2022 9:37:54 PM PST · by george76 · 59 replies
    ABC News ^ | 2/20/202
    Firefighters are struggling to extinguish a fire that broke out last week on a cargo ship that is carrying thousands of luxury cars and is adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands. A port official said it was unclear when crews would succeed. The vessel, Felicity Ace, which is carrying about 4,000 vehicles including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, some electric with lithium-ion batteries, caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. The 22 crew members on board were evacuated on the same day. "The intervention [to put out the blaze] has to be done very slowly,"...
  • Electric Vehicle Push Is Sparking Massive Deforestation, Environmental Damage

    12/08/2021 6:00:04 PM PST · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 20 replies
    https://dailycaller.com ^ | December 8, 2021 | Thomas Catenacci
    <p>A major nickel mine in a Philippines rainforest has continued to expand, mowing down acres of trees as global demand for minerals essential for electric vehicle manufacturing surges.</p><p>The Rio Tuba mine in the region of Palawan supplies an important mineral for electric vehicle batteries in Tesla and Toyota cars, but the mine is nearing an expansion that would cause it to grow from four square miles to 14 square miles, according to an NBC News investigation. The growth of the mine would cause massive deforestation of the land which environmentalists warn could destroy the area’s ecosystem.</p>
  • A spoonful of sugar opens a path to longer lasting lithium sulfur batteries

    09/10/2021 12:47:51 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    https://techxplore.com ^ | 10 September 2021 | by Monash University
    By incorporating sugar into the web-like architecture of the electrode they have stabilized the sulfur, preventing it from moving and blanketing the lithium electrode. Credit: Monash Energy Institute ________________________________________________________________________________ Simply by adding sugar, researchers from the Monash Energy Institute have created a longer-lasting, lighter, more sustainable rival to the lithium-ion batteries that are essential for aviation, electric vehicles and submarines. The Monash team, assisted by CSIRO, report in today's edition of Nature Communications that using a glucose-based additive on the positive electrode they have managed to stabilize lithium-sulfur battery technology, long touted as the basis for the next generation of...
  • The Holy Grail Is Here: A Stable, Solid-State, Lithium-Metal Battery

    05/19/2021 11:01:10 AM PDT · by woodbutcher1963 · 76 replies
    Popular Mechanics ^ | May 17, 2021 | Caroline Delbert
    A new paper presents a stable lithium-metal battery design for the first time. Lithium-ion batteries have flaws that lithium-metal batteries could fix. This new battery adds a self-healing technology that will close cracks where dendrites form. Lithium-ion batteries are the backbone of most of today’s electronic devices, including electric vehicles. But for all of their game-changing benefits, the batteries still have an inherent flaw: dendrites. These thin, snaking, tree-like pieces of lithium form sharp points and end up piercing the battery, causing short circuits and other problems. This ultimately shortens the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries, and leaves major room for...
  • Superfast-charging aluminum-ion batteries outpower lithium-ion

    05/19/2021 9:01:25 AM PDT · by Jonty30 · 42 replies
    NewAtlas ^ | May 18, 2021 | loz-blain
    Australian company Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has announced exciting performance test results for a new type of aluminum-ion battery that can charge 10X faster than today's lithium-ion units, while lasting much longer and needing no cooling.
  • How Tesla's Battery Mastermind Is Tackling EVs Biggest Problem

    05/15/2021 6:47:18 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 9 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 10, 2021 | CNBC
    Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere — in phones, laptops, tablets, cameras and increasingly cars. Demand for lithium-ion batteries has risen sharply in the past five years and is expected to grow from a $44.2 billion market in 2020 to a $94.4 billion market by 2025, mostly due to the boom in electric cars. And a shortage of lithium-ion batteries is looming in the U.S.Former Tesla CTO and Elon Musk's right-hand man, JB Straubel, started Redwood Materials in 2017 to help address the need for more raw materials and to solve the problem of e-waste. The company recycles end-of-life batteries and then...
  • New Type of Battery Created That Can Charge 10x Faster Than Lithium-Ion Batteries

    04/09/2021 9:33:25 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 43 replies
    https://scitechdaily.com ^ | APRIL 9, 2021 | By ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
    Moreover, it is safer in terms of potential fire hazards and has a lower environmental impact. It is difficult to imagine our daily life without lithium-ion batteries. They dominate the small format battery market for portable electronic devices, and are also commonly used in electric vehicles. At the same time, lithium-ion batteries have a number of serious issues, including: a potential fire hazard and performance loss at cold temperatures; as well as a considerable environmental impact of spent battery disposal. According to the leader of the team of researchers, Professor in the Department of Electrochemistry at St Petersburg University Oleg...
  • A strategy to achieve ultrahigh power and energy density in lithium-ion batteries

    03/20/2020 7:08:22 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Phys.Org ^ | March 20, 2020 | by Ingrid Fadelli , Tech Xplore
    Figure outlining the structural and morphological characteristics of the two oxyfluorides syhthesized by the researchers. Credit: Ji et al. ______________________________________________________________________________ In recent years, lithium-based batteries have become widely used to power a wide range of electronic devices, including tablets, smart phones and portable computers. These batteries have different compartments, called cells, each of which contains a positive electrode and a negative electrode separated by a chemical known as an electrolyte. Positive electrodes are generally composed of lithium compounds, such as LiCoO2 or LiFePO4, while negative electrodes are usually made of carbon. The electrolyte separating them, on the other hand, can...
  • Solid state battery breakthrough could double the density of lithium-ion cells

    12/04/2019 1:45:43 PM PST · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    Newatlas.com ^ | November 26, 2019 | By Loz Blain
    The new technology has the potential to improve both the energy density and safety of lithium-ion batteries destinacigdem/Depositphotos =============================================================== Researchers at Australia's Deakin University say they've managed to use common industrial polymers to create solid electrolytes, opening the door to double-density solid state lithium batteries that won't explode or catch fire if they overheat. Dr. Fangfang Chen and Dr. Xiaoen Wang from Deakin's Institute for Frontier Materials claim to have made a breakthrough with "the first clear and useful example of liquid-free and efficient transportation of lithium-ion in the scientific community." The new technology uses a solid polymer material, weakly...
  • Fire and Gas Explosion in Battery Room of Norwegian Ferry Prompts Lithium-Ion Power Warning

    10/16/2019 9:48:22 AM PDT · by rockinqsranch · 20 replies
    gcaptain ^ | October 15, 2019 | Mike Schuler
    Norwegian authorities are warning shipowners and operators about the dangers associated with lithium-ion battery systems after a fire and subsequent gas explosion on board a diesel-electric ferry in Norway.
  • Is This The End Of The Lithium-Ion Battery?

    10/02/2019 1:27:49 PM PDT · by amorphous · 90 replies
    OilPrice.Com ^ | Oct 01, 2019 | By Tsvetana Paraskova
    Researchers have been in a race to find ways to improve lithium-ion batteries. They are also looking to develop alternatives to the lithium-ion battery that would be lower cost and more sustainable to manufacture. And they may just have found one. Aluminum-based batteries would be cheaper to make, because aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust after oxygen and silicon. Aluminum is also light-weight and could be ideal for use in batteries.
  • Coast Guard issues warning about phone charging on boats after fire

    09/12/2019 7:46:41 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 59 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/12/19 | Justine Coleman
    The Coast Guard has issued a safety warning for commercial boat operators, saying they should monitor the amount of unsupervised phone charging on the boat in the wake of a boat fire off the coast of California that killed 34 people. USA Today reported that a preliminary report into the fire near Santa Cruz Island could come out as soon as Thursday, according to the the National Transportation Safety Board. While the report will likely not include a cause, it will examine how batteries and electronics were stored. The Coast Guard urged those operating a boat to "reduce potential fire...
  • LI-Ion Supply Chain vs China's dominance & the current trade impasse, are they related?

    05/06/2019 7:52:37 AM PDT · by taildragger · 12 replies
    5/6/2019 | taildragger
    Two Stories that I will post links to given the amount of Websites that have Shunned FR. Futher comments in the Body section, here are the links:https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/02/us-legislation-aims-to-thwart-chinas-electric-vehicle-dominance.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lithium-electric-exclusive/exclusive-us-seeks-to-challenge-chinas-electric-vehicle-supply-chain-dominance-idUSKCN1S81EO