To ensure safe, high-performance batteries from environmentally friendly resources, lithium must be replaced by sodium. Swiss scientists have found a chemical solution for this. Cars, cell phones, cameras, most of the battery-powered devices in our daily lives are powered by lithium batteries. However, the disadvantage of these storage devices is that the electrolyte – the […]
The batteries of the future: Sodium instead of lithium
Sodium-ion rechargeable batteries could soon be a cheaper and resource-saving alternative to current lithium-ion cells. Powerful prototypes and groundbreaking findings in basic research make a breakthrough seem imminent. Electromobility, especially in combination with renewable electricity production, is regarded worldwide as a climate-friendly model for the future. However, a yearslong focus on the use of the […]
Researchers Say Sodium Can Replace Lithium in Batteries
An international team of scientists from NUST MISIS, Russian Academy of Science and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf found that instead of lithium (Li), sodium (Na) “stacked” in a special way can be used for batteries production. Sodium batteries will be significantly cheaper and equivalently or even more capacious. An article about the study is published in […]