New Technology Prevent Mobile & Laptop Batteries Exploding

A new technology to find ways to prevent lithium-ion battery for non-flammable or cause laptops and mobile phones exploded.

The technology is called Stoba was developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a national research organizations from Taiwan. Stoba expected soon in the first quarter of 2010.

Alex Pang who led the research of this discovery explains, when the lithium-ion batteries short-circuit discovered, they will quickly heated to 932 degrees Fahrenheit temperature. In these circumstances, the battery potential fire and exploded.

While Stoba, is between positive and negative sides of the battery. When the battery temperature reaches 266 degrees Fahrenheit, Stoba directly transformed from a porous material into the film material so that the lethal reaction overheating.

"We have introduced a material that is still very new in battery development," said Pang was quoted as saying by Reuters on Thursday (12/11/2009).

The impact of lithium battery explosion is often endanger the public, last month the U.S. Transportation Department issued new regulations prohibiting the shipment of hazardous materials, including devices with lithium-ion battery in it.

The potential customers looked at this technology include Sony, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Apple, Nokia, and other technology vendors. ITRI has registered 29 patents this Stoba technology in the U.S., Taiwan, Korea, China and Japan.