As Samsung halts production of its failed Galaxy Note 7, WSJD's Nathan Olivarez-Giles offers a primer on smartphone batteries as users question the dangers of lithium ion.

If lithium-ion battery fires are near impossible to completely prevent, then containing thermal runaway events is crucial. Battery energy storage system (BESS) supplier Viridi recently hosted a live ...

NEW YORK — An exploding lithium-ion battery in an illegal e-bike repair shop in the basement of a residential home in Queens sparked a huge fire that tore through the single-family house, FDNY ...