{"id":11559,"date":"2017-08-12T18:50:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T01:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11559"},"modified":"2017-08-12T18:50:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T01:50:01","slug":"rechargeable-alkaline-batteries-seem-inherently-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/rechargeable-alkaline-batteries-seem-inherently-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries Seem Inherently Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ionicmaterials.com\/\">Ionic Materials<\/a>, A Woburn, Massachusetts-based company, claims to have crafted a battery with an alkaline solid-state electrolyte that successfully resists punctures, cuts and other injuries.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t burst into flames like many lithium-based batteries. \u00a0In demonstrations, the battery survives 9mm and 25-caliber bullets.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ionic Materials Ballistics Testing\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/215524186?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A more personal attack takes place with a screwdriver and paper cutter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tablet Safety Demo from Ionic Materials\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/190245545?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When a \u201cconventional\u201d lithium battery suffers such assaults, the liquid electrolyte leaks and sometimes causes a short circuit, channeling all the energy into the flammable liquid.\u00a0 Remember recent hoverboard and airline incidents and a spate of smart phone meltdowns to make you more than a little nervous about the cell phone in your pocket or tablet nearby.\u00a0 Such thermal runaways on a small airplane are absolutely unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Ionic Materials claims to have overcome this issue and promises performance improvements over existing chemistries. \u00a0\u201dWe have created a solid polymer that conducts ions at room temperature,\u00a0a world\u00a0first<strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>This new material produces immediate benefits for battery manufacturers. Safety becomes possible. New battery chemistries are enabled. Costs are reduced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The electrolyte material can conduct 1.3 milliSiemens per centimeter (mS\/cm) &#8211; better &#8211; according to a corporate comparison, than liquid electrolytes, and especially better than other solid electrolytes, which do not perform as well as lower temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12114\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ionic-materials-conductivity-chart-528x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ionic claims its material allows\u00a0use\u00a0of more reactive anodes and\u00a0cathodes,\u00a0and can produce a cell with up to five Volts.\u00a0 This would cut down the number of cells necessary for a pack, reducing the number of connections to achieve a given output voltage.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been\u00a0working on projects funded by a recent $3 million Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) grant from the Department of Energy.\u00a0 This will enable Ionic \u201cto focus on the development of a polymer electrolyte and Lithium\/Polymer interface to enable Lithium cycling and development of solid intercalation cathodes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ionic Materials sees its products being used in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and grid storage systems.\u00a0 The promised advantages of the solid-state cells are enough to raise our hopes.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope they are successful in fulfilling them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Frechargeable-alkaline-batteries-seem-inherently-safe%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ionic Materials, A Woburn, Massachusetts-based company, claims to have crafted a battery with an alkaline solid-state electrolyte that successfully resists punctures, cuts and other injuries.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t burst into flames like many lithium-based batteries. \u00a0In demonstrations, the battery survives 9mm and 25-caliber bullets. 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