A KAIST research team recently developed
sodium ion batteries using copper sulfide anode.
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Sodium ion batteries using copper sulfide developed.»
Professor Lee expressed his hope for «the production of next - generation, high - performance
sodium ion batteries.»
Not exact matches
Scientists from the University of Wollongong have developed prototype
battery cells based on
sodium -
ion technology, which the university says can achieve excellent cycling stability and easily be scaled up to mass production.
The discovery could be the key to inexpensive, safe
battery cells; inexpensive because, apart from anything else, the
sodium FSI cells can be constructed more safely and thus more easily than the familiar lithium
ion batteries.
The Stanford team looked at several emerging technologies, including five
battery types — lead - acid, lithium -
ion,
sodium - sulfur, vanadium - redox and zinc - bromine.
But solving that problem also led to a big surprise: Normally there is a single «itinerant
ion» that passes through the electrolyte in a rechargeable
battery, for example, lithium in lithium -
ion batteries or
sodium in
sodium - sulfur.
The researchers have developed the first
battery using
sodium ions in the usual «18650» format, an industry standard.
Charge - holding capacity was only marginally reduced for the saline - and cell - culture - based
batteries, most likely because they had slightly lower
sodium -
ion content than the
sodium sulfate solution.
Manthiram said he is also investigating other
battery chemistries, like lithium - sulfur and
sodium -
ion, which use different materials and offer their own advantages.
«Breakthrough in rechargeable
batteries: New twist to
sodium -
ion battery technology.»
«Most negative electrodes for
sodium -
ion batteries use materials that undergo an «alloying» reaction with
sodium,» Singh said.
The researchers also found that the procedure outlined for Li -
ion batteries is equally valid for other metal -
ion batteries, such as
sodium -
ion or magnesium -
ion batteries.
The research appears in the latest issue of the journal ACS Nanoin the article «MoS2 / graphene composite paper for
sodium -
ion battery electrodes.»
Compared with the relatively mature designs of anodes used in lithium -
ion batteries, anodes for
sodium -
ion batteries remain an active focus of R&D.
«Making
sodium -
ion batteries that last.»
But so far,
sodium -
ion batteries have not operated at high capacity for long - term use.
Meilin Liu, Chenghao Yang and colleagues wanted to find an anode material that would give
sodium -
ion batteries a longer life.
Incorporating the anode into a
sodium -
ion battery allowed it to perform at 83 percent capacity over 900 cycles.
For years, scientists have considered
sodium -
ion batteries a safer and lower - cost candidate for large - scale energy storage than lithium -
ion.
«This opens a broad window into many different topics in electrochemistry, including
sodium -
ion batteries, lithium - sulfur
batteries, multiple
ion chemistries involving zinc and magnesium, or even electroplating and electrochemical synthesis; we just have not fully explored them yet.»
Now, scientists have developed an anode material that enables
sodium -
ion batteries to perform at high capacity over hundreds of cycles, according to their report in the journal ACS Nano.
The researchers say this is the best reported performance for a
sodium -
ion battery with an antimony - based anode material.
Sodium - ion batteries combine low cost with high efficiency, and sodium is more abundant than both lithium and c
Sodium -
ion batteries combine low cost with high efficiency, and
sodium is more abundant than both lithium and c
sodium is more abundant than both lithium and cobalt.
Because
sodium is the more abundant of the two elements, such
batteries may be cheaper than their lithium -
ion counterparts, says Kendrick.
New method to make
sodium ion - based
battery cells could lead to better, cheaper
batteries for the electrical grid
Theory predicts that
sodium — oxygen (Na — O)
batteries could provide only half the energy density of Li — O, but that is still five times better than Li -
ion batteries.
New research out of Germany shows that apple peels have the right chemical properties to power a
sodium -
ion battery.
Tina Casey at sister site Cleantechnica has come across a different approach to harnessing the waste from food processing: harnessing the electrochemical properties of apple peels for a
sodium -
ion battery.
Thus,
sodium -
ion batteries attract much attention for application in large - scale energy storage.