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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Firms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithium

www.economist.com

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Firms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithium

www.economist.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Unlike lithium, sodium is cheap and abundant

Na-Ion can be a lot less expensive. But it’s a lot heavier. (Not a problem for grid-storage.)

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IIRC sodium is the -cathode- in the battery. No molten (RU thinking of reactors?)

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