Questions tagged [lithium-ion]

A battery chemistry widely used in many modern electronic devices, characterized by high energy and power density.

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How to safely store a defective (bulging) lithium-ion battery

I have a defective lithium-ion battery, one that is bulging quite severely, it's about 50% thicker in the middle than at the edge. While the battery actually still works, I've replaced it as the old ...
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How long do Lithium Ion batteries normally last?

On the laptop I have, I've had to buy a new Li-Ion batter roughly every year. I do use this computer quite a lot, but I'm wondering if this is normal. Right now, my battery is completely dead (it ...
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What happens when laptops reach 100% charge?

I have been reading alot of mixed views on how Lithium Ion batteries work when it comes to laptops. I have the new dell xps 15, with an intel i7 cpu, 16gb ram, and a 512gb ssd. Is it bad for the ...
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How to rebuild a Li Ion laptop battery? [closed]

I have an aging Gateway NX560XL laptop. The battery is toast and a new one, even aftermarket, starts at $130. So, to experiment, I began tearing apart the old battery to see what can be done. I ...
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How to initialize a lithium-ion battery?

I just bought a lithium-ion battery for a Lenovo ThinkPad T61, and frustratingly it displays being able to charge only at 91% of its design capacity (65.16 Wh out of the designed 71.28 Wh). liv@...
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