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title: Watching what happens inside of next-generation batteries, causing fires — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/watching-what-happens-inside-of-next-generation-batteries-causing-fires/
date: 2016-10-30
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# Watching what happens inside of next-generation batteries, causing fires

In order to better understand efficiency-reducing dendrites, the metal wire forming phenomenon that consumes electrolytes while new generation lithium metal batteries are charging, researchers have developed a visualization cell as a “window” to look inside the potentially explosive process.