Startup Blue Current seeking to commercialize non-flammable fluorinated electrolytes for Li-ion batteries
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FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Conventional alkyl carbonate electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries are flammable, and incidents of fires have been reported, usually due to thermal runaway. Blue Current’s engineers are working on modifying the molecular structure of the electrolyte in order to speed up lithium ion motion. Dominica H. —Nitash Balsara.
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