Special Issue on Lithium Battery Fire Safety

Lithium batteries are currently the predominant power source [1] for portable electronic devices, electric vehicles and energy storage in general. However, fire safety issues are a bottleneck hindering large-scale application of this technology [2]. Fire safety of Lithium batteries has been a research topic since 1990s. This topic has gained increasing importance in recent years following the occurrence of many fire accidents. Lithium battery fire is a complex phenomenon, which involves multiple physical and chemical processes inside and outside the battery enclosure. Protection against these fires is an unsolved problem associated with thermal runaway, propagation, a chemistry not based on external oxygen, and flaming combustion. …