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PNNL team develops electrolyte for high-voltage sodium-ion battery with extended longevity

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Cheap and abundant, sodium is a promising candidate for new battery technology. However, the limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered large-scale application. Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted worldwide attention for next-generation energy storage systems. —Jin et al. 2 in mole or 1.6:8.4

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WSU, PNNL researchers develop viable sodium battery

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Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), with the intrinsic advantages of resource abundance and geographic uniformity, are desired alternative battery technology to Li-ion batteries (LIBs) for grid-scale energy storage and transportation applications. A paper on their work is published in the journal, ACS Energy Letters. L) demonstrated ?82%

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A new sodium-ion battery breakthrough means they may one day power EVs

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Sodium-ion batteries have great promise. They’re energy dense, nonflammable, and operate well in colder temperatures, and sodium is cheap and abundant. Plus, sodium-based batteries will be more environmentally friendly and even less expensive than lithium-ion batteries are becoming now.

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Graphene Jolts Sodium-Ion Batteries’ Capacity

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After years of anticipation, sodium-ion batteries are starting to deliver on their promise for energy storage. Sodium-ion batteries just don't have the oomph needed for EVs and laptops. At about 285 Wh/kg, lithium-ion batteries have twice the energy density of sodium, making them more suitable for those portable applications.

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Sodium-ion batteries: A promising candidate for new battery technology

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Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a sodium-ion battery with greatly extended longevity in laboratory tests. Sodium is a chemical element that is considered cheap, abundant, and a promising candidate for new battery technology.

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

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The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?

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Brown Chemists Develop Process to Simplify Waste Vegetable Oil to Biodiesel Process, Chart Progress of Transesterification Reaction

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Also, the conversion requires the toxic chemicals sulfuric acid and either potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide. The second reaction converts the triacylglycerols into biodiesel, but that conversion requires sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. Waste vegetable oil is made up of triacylglycerols, free fatty acids, and water.

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