Do Non-Flammable Electrolytes make Batteries Safer?

potassium ion electrolyte thermal decomposition

Author: Donal Finegan The answer is not as obvious as it might seem. Work led by Siddhartha Nanda and Hadi Khani published in Royal Society of Chemistry journal of Energy and Environmental Science, dives into the sources of heat generation for Triethyl Phosphate (TEP) with KFSI electrolyte and a potassiated graphite anode: Potassium (K)-ion batteries … Read more