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Startup Blue Current seeking to commercialize non-flammable fluorinated electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

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Conventional alkyl carbonate electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries are flammable, and incidents of fires have been reported, usually due to thermal runaway. Dominica H. Blue Current’s fluorinated non-flammable electrolytes are functionalized perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs). Wong, Jacob L. Thelen, Yanbao Fu, Didier Devaux, Ashish A.

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