A potentially crucial reason behind lithium-ion batteries’ tendency to self-discharge has seemingly been discovered by researchers at the Tesla-funded battery research center at Dalhousie University. What’s quite remarkable was that the group’s findings were amazingly simple yet potentially profound.  Electronic products such as smartphones and laptops tend to self-discharge over time. It’s an all-too-familiar scenario, … Continue reading Tesla-funded researchers discover surprising detail about lithium-ion battery discharges