Safety of Lithium Ion Batteries: Can there Be Zero Risk?

The electrochemical storage of energy is one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century, both for the exploitation of renewable energies and for the development of electric vehicles. While batteries, especially ones based on lithium (Li) ions, are highly sought after for applications requiring large quantities of energy, their cost still needs to be reduced and their user-safety improved. The Electrochemical Energy Storage Network (RS2E) organized a day of debates on these themes, en..