#thermal runaway

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The Zinc Pivot: Engineering the End of the Battery Fire
Environment & Energy

The Zinc Pivot: Engineering the End of the Battery Fire

As the world hits the thermal limits of lithium-ion, a new contender is emerging from the lab: zinc-slurry flow batteries. Safe, abundant, and fundamentally unburnable, this technology is shifting the race from energy density to long-term resilience.

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The Water Revolution: Why Aqueous Batteries are Ending the Era of Thermal Runaway
Environment & Energy

The Water Revolution: Why Aqueous Batteries are Ending the Era of Thermal Runaway

The battery industry is hitting a wall—not of chemistry, but of safety. As aqueous batteries move from the lab to the grid, the fire risk that haunted early EV adoption is becoming a relic of the past.

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