PNNL team pinpoints cause of dendrites and whiskers in lithium batteries; ethylene carbonate a culprit

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By mmillikinOct 15, 2019, 5:30 am480 ptsHot
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have uncovered a root cause of the growth of dendrites and whiskers that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit, failure, or even a fire. The team, led by Chongmin Wang, has shown that the presence of certain compounds…

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