They're in our phones, laptops and smartwatches—but lithium-ion batteries can be dangerous when damaged or overcharged.

Fire fighters from CalFire respond to a fire inside the Gateway Energy Storage building, which caught fire in May, threatening to ignite the many lithium ion batteries that are stored there. May 23, ...

A lithium fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday night forced evacuations in Northern Monterey County and continues to burn. Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas-powered electricity ...

Chinese researchers found a way to extract all the lithium from a dead battery for reuse. They discovered a special process to reduce costs, speed up recycling and prevent harmful byproducts from ...

Lithium is extracted from brine at Silver Peak, Nevada, currently the only active lithium resource in the U.S. A UC Davis study shows that as demand for lithium grows in coming years, battery ...

Lithium-ion batteries power phones, scooters and electric cars — but the increasingly common energy source can spark fires so intense that they challenge veteran firefighters. The fires burn hotter, ...

CATL has successfully doubled the life of LMB battery cell prototypes with an energy density of 500 Wh/kg. The breakthrough came through the use of a new type of lithium salt for the battery ...

Carbon emissions from the lithium-ion battery supply chain could be cut by up to around 35% using a circular economy strategy ...

Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis looks at ...