Super-thin Kevlar layers promise safer, slimmer batteries

31 Jan 2015 • engadget.com

However, a group of University of Michigan researchers may have found a way to make lithium-ion energy packs that are safer and slimmer at the same time. The team has developed Kevlar-based, nano-sized membranes that insulate the electrodes in a battery while still allowing lithium ions to pass through and create a proper circuit. The extra-thin layers should not only reduce the chances of short circuiting, but allow for more energy in a given space.

Kevlar nano membranes? Sounds gnarly. What else could we use them for? I love it when new things sound like something you’d hear on Star Trek.