so putting batteries in the fridge wasn't useful after all, we should put them in the oven
this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2025
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Neat! So if I put my phone in the microwave it will reset the battery?
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Yes but how can shareholders profit from this??
By not switching to Na based batteries and keeping a lid on Li mining.
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Important note near the end of the article - they aren't saying we should cook batteries really -
"The team's hypothesis is that the structural disorder developing inside LIBs may become a “tunable parameter” that, if tweaked using chargers at precise voltages to alter said battery composition, could be used to rejuvenate the batteries in our tech without fires."
This is a good old idea that goes back to the days of desulfating lead batteries with powerful shocks of high-amperage current. Might just need a special Healing Charger that applies the right voltage/current to dissolve the bad crystals in lithium-ion systems
With electric cars you might not even need a special charger so much as a special charging cycle. Its already the norm for cars to tell the charger what voltage and current they want, and its already the norm for cars to carefully control their battery's temperature during charging.
That's not to say you'd necessarily be able to do this with just a software update, but its not too far off from the current paradigm.
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This title is pretty bad, the paper focus is in designing new battery technologies not magically restoring capacity on the batteries we have today.
Is the paper in the article? I couldn't find it.
Would you be so kind as to link us?
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this feels like bait
In reality, this doesn’t affect the existing batteries we have, it’s just for future battery technology.
brb chucking my batteries in the oven
it's a cheap and easy thrill
Wait, nobody came up with this before?
Is this before or after they reach the spicy pillow stage?
I think before, but there’s a trick for spicy pillow just poke a vent hole, trust me I was in IT for 6 years ;p
i was just thinking i could use an excuse for some skin grafts
The trick is to let them apply this heat themselves.
I hope this article is well peer-reviewed. Otherwise this reads as if some LLM came up with the idea
Otherwise this reads as if ~~some LLM~~ 4chan came up with the idea
Remember kids, updating to iOS 7 enables your phone to charge wirelessly in the microwave.
The “peer” that reviewed it was another LLM.
Well if it was a human it wouldn't be a peer, would it
Connection reset by peer.
Sounds like a horrible idea if not carefully controlled. Perhaps up to 80 degrees in an oil bath could redissolve some of the electrolytes. I guess it could work. Anything above 100 is asking for trouble.
80 degrees what?
See, this is where the problems begin.
heat to 80K....oh wait
So you're saying I SHOULDN'T preheat my toaster oven to 425F???
UH-OH!!!
brb. Gotta put out some fires.
How is the boiling point of water relevant to something that's made of plastic and metal?
Well the electrolyte solution is water based so exceeding the boiling point will cause pressure buildup inside.
Edit: hmm seems I might be generalizing too much. Not all batteries use water based solutions. My point is that you should avoid a pressure buildup inside the battery due to reaching the solvents' boiling point.
wha wha what
no, it's an organic solvent like ethylene carbonate/propylene carbonate + some other stuff, which have a boiling point of 230+°C ( 446°F)
heating up batteries is (mostly) fine (under controlled scenarios with known good batteries, spicy pillows can always happen with bad batches) as long as the plastic holding them together doesn't melt
you physically CANNOT make a lithium ion battery with water because lithium reacts with water
from the wikipedia page
Lithium reacts vigorously with water to form lithium hydroxide (LiOH) and hydrogen gas. Thus, a non-aqueous electrolyte is typically used, and a sealed container rigidly excludes moisture from the battery pack. The non-aqueous electrolyte is typically a mixture of organic carbonates such as ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate containing complexes of lithium ions.[45] Ethylene carbonate is essential for making solid electrolyte interphase on the carbon anode,[46] but since it is solid at room temperature, a liquid solvent (such as propylene carbonate or diethyl carbonate) is added.
Good point. It's highly concentrated inside a battery if not saturated. Hmm. I still wouldn't expose them to such high temperatures.
Perhaps a longer duration at lower temperature is safer. I might try it some day with some waste batteries and a battery tester.
Thanks, climate change.
Reminds me of the old days of putting my LG G4 in the freezer
For me that was not so long ago. I still used an LG G4 as permanent car navigation until a year ago or so. I'm still surprised that one didn't end up bootlooping.
Why'd you put it in the freezer if it wasn't bootlooping? Just like cold phones?
Well it was my 4th LG G4. Four times a charm I guess.