Battery temperature needs to be regulated in operation. Now, a shape memory alloy-based thermal regulator is shown to be able to automatically switch between thermally insulating and conducting states depending on temperature, demonstrating a new paradigm for thermal management of batteries.
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Malen, J.A., Viswanathan, V. Regulating hot and cold. Nat Energy 3, 826–827 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0265-2
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