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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Green Car Congress

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. It is a variation of a sodium-metal halide battery. of peak charge capacity.

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Sodium battery makers struggle at top acid generation eyeing lithium-ion

Baua Electric

This life, the Chinese language sodium battery marketplace will advance from a hyping as much as sobering. The GM will have to know what he’s speaking about as Hina is the primary and the prominent Chinese language sodium battery developer. The startup started in 2017 with 48V/10Ah sodium mobile worn in an electrical bicycle.

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Tokuyama and Toyota start verification tests in Japan for stationary fuel cell generator that uses by-product hydrogen; Mirai FC system

Green Car Congress

A feature of the new tests is the use of hydrogen generated as a by-product in the manufacture of sodium hydroxide by Tokuyama, using the chloralkali process as fuel for the FC generator.

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Tsinghua researchers conclude surging lithium price will not impede EV boom

Green Car Congress

Despite tight supply and high-point price fluctuation of lithium, the electric vehicle market is expected to maintain steady growth for the next few years. Contrary to anticipation, the global LIB supply chain is currently haunted by market fluctuations. Diversify supply sources. —Sun et al. Enhance recycling capacity.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 9,10,11,12] LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) and Sodium-Ion battery packs will not use Cobalt and Nickel.

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Tesla China supplier CATL launches cost-effective sodium-ion battery cell

Teslarati

(CATL) unveiled its sodium-ion battery earlier today, along with a solution that could integrate the cells with lithium-ion batteries in a single pack. The sodium-ion cells are a more cost-effective option than the lithium-ion batteries, opening the door for lower prices in the EV battleground market of China.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

Charged EVs

However, as sustainability is central to the mission of the EV industry, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards than those of past transportation technologies, and there’s a long way to go before we have a true circular supply chain for batteries. Developing and scaling more sustainable recycling methods is a high priority.