New Lithium Battery Tech Can Stand the Heat

Li-Ion batteries were a massive technological step forward from NiMH cells but were not without faults of their own—like their tendency to explode. A new Lithium-Imide technology from Leyden Energy, however, send Lithium-Ion the way of NiMH.
The problem with traditional Li-Ion batteries is that they're very susceptible to both heat degradation, wherein high temperatures generated by your quad-core, overclocked CPU's cause the electrodes in the battery react with the electrolyte resulting in diminished charge capacity, and to moisture, which reacts with the salts in the electrolyte itself to create Hydrochloric acid. Being some of the most caustic stuff on Earth, Hydrochloric acid eats throug... »read more

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