Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Thus, insertion/deinsertion of sodium ions in a host material is much more difficult than that of lithium ions.

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Sodium Concept Li-ion Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have demonstrated the concept of a potassium-air (K?O Potassium, an alkali metal similar to lithium (and sodium) can be used in a rechargeable battery. For comparison, they built a Li?O O 2 battery, only half of the product was able to be removed even when the voltage reaches 4.0

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Lithium Air Batteries Battery Concept 319

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

By comparison, the lithium reserves at Silver Peak, Nev.—the In a best-case scenario, the 2,000-square-mile Rock Springs Uplift could harbor up to 18 million tons of lithium, equivalent to about 720 years of current global lithium production. Presently, the US imports more than 80% of the lithium used domestically.

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Wyoming CO2 Production Sodium 246