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China is racing ahead with sodium-ion batteries – as sea salt becomes the power source for its electric scooter revolution
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China is racing ahead with sodium-ion batteries – as sea salt becomes the power source for its electric scooter revolution

Yadea is forging ahead with a number of sodium-ion powered two-wheelers Sodium will play a key role in China’s wider battery swap systems...

Cone and disc carbon structures offer new pathways for sodium-ion batteries
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Cone and disc carbon structures offer new pathways for sodium-ion batteries

Atin Pramanik, a postdoctoral associate in Ajayan’s lab, examines the battery prototype. Credit: Jeff Fitlow / Rice University As global demand for electric...

Elecom’s 9,000mAh sodium-ion battery is costly and bulky but it will last longer and is much safer than lithium-ion ones
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Elecom’s 9,000mAh sodium-ion battery is costly and bulky but it will last longer and is much safer than lithium-ion ones

Elecom’s 9,000mAh sodium-ion battery offers superior safety and longevity The first sodium-ion mobile battery sets new standards but remains costly Retains temperature of...

Baijiu sediment transformed into anode for sodium-ion batteries
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Baijiu sediment transformed into anode for sodium-ion batteries

Synthesis process of hard carbon and the application of the battery. Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17922 A small team...

Sodium-ion batteries face greater safety hazards due to sodium clusters, study finds
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Sodium-ion batteries face greater safety hazards due to sodium clusters, study finds

(a) Comparison of thermal runaway modes in sodium-ion and lithium-ion pouch cells. (b) Evolution of alkali metal ions in hard carbon and graphite...

High-performance sodium-ion cathode paves the way for lithium-ion battery alternative
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High-performance sodium-ion cathode paves the way for lithium-ion battery alternative

The journal graphic shows the development of a layered, organic cathode material. Credit: Dinca Lab / Princeton University For decades, scientists have sought...

Research shows sodium-ion batteries need breakthroughs to compete
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Research shows sodium-ion batteries need breakthroughs to compete

From left, study authors William Chueh, Sally Benson, and Adrian Yao. Credit: Jim Gensheimer Legions of battery engineers and their supporters have sought...

New material for sodium-ion batteries brings affordable, sustainable future within grasp
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New material for sodium-ion batteries brings affordable, sustainable future within grasp

Structural variations in c-Na2V2(PO4)3 and e-Na2V2(PO4)3. Credit: Nature Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-02023-7 While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from...