Batteries Made With Bulletproof Kevlar Fibers May Never Explode
One of the most common reasons that batteries explode and catch fire—like on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner—is because over time small conductive pathways grow inside the battery’s inner structure that eventually cause it to short out with disastrous results. But Nicholas Kotov, a professor at the University of Michigan, and Siu On Tung, a PhD student,…
