{"id":36,"date":"2017-04-06T19:31:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T19:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/?p=36"},"modified":"2017-04-06T19:31:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T19:31:50","slug":"scientists-home-in-on-lithium-laptop-battery-safety-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/scientists-home-in-on-lithium-laptop-battery-safety-flaws.htm","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Home in on Lithium Laptop Battery Safety Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/batteries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37\" title=\"batteries\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/batteries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of &#8220;seeing&#8221; chemistry in action inside a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/\">lithium-ion battery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By helping them understand how these <a title=\"Quality batteries company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/\"><strong>batteries<\/strong><\/a> behave under different  conditions the new method &#8212; which involves Nuclear Magnetic Resonance  (NMR) spectroscopy &#8212; could help researchers solve the fire safety  problems that have dogged the development of these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/\">laptop batteries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-tips\/\">Lithium-ion battery technology<\/a> has enabled the development of many  electronic devices we now take for granted, such as laptop computers and  mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium <a title=\"HP COMPAQ 395794-001 battery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/product_model.php\/120096+HP%20COMPAQ+395794-001+Laptop-Battery\">HP COMPAQ 395794-001 Battery<\/a> technology will also be crucial for the development of the next generation of electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf, due to  be built in the UK from 2013.<\/p>\n<p>But lithium batteries have one serious disadvantage: over several  charge and discharge cycles, particularly if the batteries are charged  quickly, minute fibres of lithium, known as dendrites, can form on the  carbon anodes. 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