Sodium-ion batteries use more abundant raw materials but don’t currently perform as well as those made with lithium.

Legions of battery engineers and their supporters have sought for years to build batteries cheaper than the dominant lithium-ion technology, hoping to capture some of lithium-ion’s $50 billion-a-year ...

These days, batteries are found in just about every electronic device you could imagine. From phones to lawn mowers to cars, the items that make life in the modern world happen to do so with a battery ...

The electric vehicle (EV) market may be about to explode with some really cool news. Now, off the cuff, that sounds like a very broad statement to make. However, a series of breakthroughs by Chinese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have developed a new type of material that could make sodium batteries more efficient. Developed by an international ...

Sodium presents a much cheaper and more abundant alternative, and it is far less damaging to extract. Yet, sodium-based solid-state batteries have long struggled to match lithium's performance at ...

Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage are moving toward the mainstream. Wider use of these batteries could lead to lower costs, less fire risk, and less need for lithium, ...

The rising demand for lithium and environmental concerns are driving the search for alternative battery technologies. Sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, solid-state, and silicon anode batteries are emerging ...

Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 will require energy storage solutions to advance to support large-scale integration of renewable energy. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) remain the go-to technology ...

A new sodium-based battery material is highly stable, capable of recharging as quickly as a lithium-ion battery and might deliver more energy than current battery technologies. Scientists at the ...

At its annual Ecosystem Day on December 12, Hithium Energy Storage signaled a strategic improvement beyond conventional four-hour batteries, positioning long-duration storage as both a grid asset and ...