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Problem
How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?
Solution
There is provided an LDH separator including a porous substrate and a layered double hydroxide (LDH)-like compound that fills up pores of the porous substrate.
Key novelty
The LDH-like compound is a hydroxide and/or an oxide with a layered crystal structure, containing (i) Ti, Y, and optionally Al and/or Mg, and (ii) at least one additive element M selected from the group consisting of In, Bi, Ca, Sr, and Ba.
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