Part of the problem is battery accidents are a numbers game.
According to analysts at GSMA,5.27 billion people in the world have a mobile gear.
Of that,about 97% of Americans own a mobile phone, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Everyone wants a gear that can last all day on a charge.
Still, he said, lithium-ion battery incidents in consumer gadgets go largely unreported.
He added that lithium-ion batteries have become the standard for all our devices because of their unmatched power density.
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“A BMS cannot save a battery from an explosion in all cases,” Peterson said.
One solution to battery safety is the use of safer chemistries, Peterson suggested.
Researchers and scientists are working to improve existing lithium-ion batteries.
Scientists at Deakin University in Australia aredeveloping a lithium metal battery prototypethat is flame resistant.
“Even still, it appears the broad commercialization of lithium metal batteries is years away.”
