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Researchers crack a key problem with sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage (phys.org)

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[–] mipadaitu 3 points 4 months ago

Specific heat treatment of the cathode prevented early battery failure, allowing for a much longer charge/discharge cycle count. Very interesting research.

I look forward to where these go, because it seems like a much more environmentally friendly way to get high capacity grid storage, which means better renewables, which means a better planet for the future.

Heck, if they develop these enough, we might end up with lower cost batteries for EVs, especially busses and larger vehicles like garbage trucks.