Matsushita or Panasonic announced that they have developed a safer lithium-ion battery which will overcome the issue of overheating and sudden exploding of batteries. They started producing the new batteries in April and will be able to provide in massive quantities by the end of this year.
What is so great about this new battery? Here, the battery is protected with a thick heat resistant insulator which separates the cathode and the anode. A thin insulator is largely responsible to short circuit the battery and causing it to overheat. They also said that these batteries will be available at a premium price than the present lithium-ion batteries and will be used for high capacity batteries only. Price would differ according to the quantity ordered.
[Via ArsTechnica|Yahoo]
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