Flame Retardant and Barrier Materials for Lithium Batteries

The rapid expansion of lithium-based energy storage has transformed nearly every aspect of modern life, from electric vehicles and renewable energy systems to portable electronics and industrial power solutions.As battery technologies scale in both energy density and deployment volume, the consequences of thermal runaway and fire incidents have become increasingly visible and urgent.Despite advances in electrochemistry and battery engineering, the industry still lacks a comprehensive, up-to-date reference that systematically explains how flame-retardant materials, structural barriers, and thermal-management strategies can be integrated to prevent or contain catastrophic failure under realistic abuse conditions.This book fills that critical gap and provides a unified, cross-disciplinary understanding of the mechanisms, materials, and engineering principles that govern thermal runaway initiation, propagation, suppression, and isolation in lithium battery systems. • Bridges fundamental ma