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This is a follow-up podcast of Prof. Passerini's previous talk on #Sodium #Ion #Batteries: • Prof. Stefano Passerin...
Momentum is on the side of #Sodium #Ion #Batteries! As #prices are rising for #lithium ion #battery #materials, such as #Nickel, #Cobalt and #Lithium among a few others, demand for alternative materials are getting louder. The first #manufacturers (#CATL, #Tiamat, #Faradion, #Natron #Energy) all claim to have found a unique way of substituting lithium ion batteries with SIB #cell #chemistry. In fact, these batteries dont show any great downsides at all: #Lifespan, #Performance, #Capacity are comparable to LIB #technology. So, the major driving factors are safety and costs. Plus, #sustainability issues such as #material #sourcing, #abundance and #mining are supposedly much less problematic compared to #lithium-based batteries. #Production expenses are as well pretty similar to those ones existing. Only drop of bitterness: Some #cathode #materials could be #toxic in some forms. And: The less valuable electrode #materials are designed, #battery #recycling doesnt really pay off.
Our guest, #Stefano #Passerini is a Professor at the #Karlsruhe Institute of #Technology (#KIT) and the Deputy Director at the #Helmholtz Institute #Ulm (#HIU). He has been researching #sodium as a #sustainable #battery #material for more than 10 years now.
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