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Super-thin Kevlar layers promise safer, slimmer batteries - Engadget

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Super-thin Kevlar layers promise safer, slimmer batteries
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Scientists have spent a lot of time trying to lengthen battery life, but safety and thickness matter, too. Just ask Boeing about that first problem -- its 787 Dreamliner was grounded for months thanks to battery fires. However, a group of University of Michigan ...
Researchers Develop Slimmer, Safer Kevlar-based Lithium-Ion BatteriesUbergizmo (blog)
We could get safer, thinner batteries made with layers of Kevla
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