What Is a Sodium-Ion Battery?
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Sodium-ion batteries work similarly to lithium-ion batteries, but they use sodium ions instead of lithium ions.
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Generally, the cathode (the negative electrode) and electrolyte contain sodium.
What Makes Sodium-Ion Batteries Great?
Still, sodium-ion batteries have a few distinct advantages over them.
Not to mention that engineers and scientists are working on solutions to this battery technology’s remaining weak points.
If these efforts are successful, sodium-ion batteries could become a viable alternative to lithium-ion batteries in the future.
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In 2022, researchers at the US Department of Energy made amajor breakthroughin improving the durability of sodium-ion batteries.
In these small devices, energy density is still the most important consideration.
