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Carbon-Fiber Heat Sink Makes Batteries Safer for Electric Cars, Bikes, and More
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Keeping modern energy-dense batteries from overheating (and sometimes even exploding) is an important challenge. Campbell, California-based KULR Technology specializes in the field. In collaboration with with Johnson Space Center, the company recently created a thermal runaway shield for lithium-ion battery packs that promises to improve safety in battery-operated devices from cars to bikes and more. The company also licensed a patent co-owned by NASA for an internal short-circuit device that makes it much easier to test batteries, which KULR sells to its customers to help them improve their in-house safety testing.