Sensor Could Provide Early Lithium-Ion Battery Overheat Alert

laser sensor

Laser-based sensor developed by KAUST researchers to detect early signs of lithium-ion battery thermal runaway.

Credit: KAUST / Professor Aamir Farooq
A Saudi Arabian university research team has developed a laser-based sensor that could raise the alarm during early stages of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery thermal runaway, with potential applications in air cargo, electric aircraft and aircraft passenger cabins. In January 2025, a suspected mobile...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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