Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a molten salt battery based on an anode made of molten sodium (Na) and a cathode made of ...

Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion batteries ... Most current sodium-ion designs rely on the metal. “Assuming that substantial progress can be made through targeted research and ...

“Sodium-ion batteries could be cheaper and easier to ... while delivering a continuous voltage of 3.7 volts versus sodium metal, higher than the 3.37 volts in existing materials, according ...

While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, there are growing concerns about the future because lithium is relatively ...

The battery chemistry is sodium metal halide, which Inlyte says can “create an energy storage system with high efficiency, long lifetime, competitive energy density, excellent safety ...

More information: Jiarui He et al, Tuning the solvation structure with salts for stable sodium-metal batteries, Nature Energy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01469-y ...

Sodium is abundant compared to lithium, so batteries that use sodium are attractive ... ions on an electrochemical deposition of alkali metal directly on the current collector.

For one of the up-and-coming types in the form of sodium (Na)-based batteries the same struggles are true as it attempts to hit the right balance between anode, cathode and electrolyte properties.