Researchers have designed a lithium-ion battery that contains a fire-extinguishing material, which is released if the battery gets too hot.
研究人员设计出一款自带灭火材料的锂离子电池，在电池过热时就会释放灭火材料。
Flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (TPP) sits inside a shell within the electrolyte fluid. The shell melts when the temperature reaches 150C (302F), releasing the chemical compound.
In tests, battery fires were extinguished in 0.4 seconds.
Lithium-ion batteries power many devices but are a known fire hazard.
The Stanford University research team's peer-reviewed paper has been published by the journal Science Advances.
Previous attempts to incorporate TPP inside batteries without the shell have hampered their performance.
If a lithium-ion battery cell charges too quickly or a tiny manufacturing error slips through the net it can result in a short circuit - which can lead to fire.
In February 2016, the US National Transportation Safety Board issued a warning about lithium batteries in aeroplane cargo, describing them as "a fire and explosion ignition source".
相关单词：hampered
hampered解释：妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
hampered例句：
The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
相关单词：cargo
cargo解释：n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
cargo例句：
The ship has a cargo of
A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
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