The Perfect Battery Material Is Dangerous

0:00 What’s inside a battery? 4:11 How does a battery work? 7:15 How did we increase battery power? 11:13 The first rechargeable lithium battery 13:29 The Tiny Needles That Kill Batteries 16:06 Goodenough? We can do better 20:07 The birth of the lithium-ion battery 27:10 Why do batteries explode?...

35 min - How Things Work - Veritasium

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