Sodium (Na)-ion batteries have recently emerged as cost-effective and sustainable alternatives to lithium (Li)-ion batteries. Na, the sixth most abundant element on Earth, offers lower material costs ...

Learn what sodium-ion batteries are, how they compare to lithium-ion, and whether they could become the future of energy storage.

After decades of lithium-ion batteries dominating the market, a new option has emerged: batteries made with sodium ions. Scientists have been researching alternatives to lithium for years.

Researchers in China have used electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to analyze the state of health of sodium-ion batteries. Extracting four features from the measurements, they were able to create a ...

But sodium-ion batteries are still early in their development compared with lithium-ion, and they have yet to hit the market on a massive scale.

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 ...

Sodium-ion battery technology is new compared to lithium-ion tech, and production capacities haven’t reached the level of lithium-ion batteries. So while a little deal-hunting can get you a ...

Sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, solid-state, and silicon anode batteries are emerging as promising alternatives to traditional lithium-ion batteries.

World's first sodium-ion power bank has significantly longer life than traditional lithium-ion batteries and it works in cold climates.

Peak Energy, an energy-storage startup, received $55 million in funding to scale up production of sodium-ion batteries that the company is positioning as an alternative to the widely used lithium ...

A US company is building a $1.4 billion gigaplant for a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries. For those who came in late sodium-ion battery production ...

A sodium-ion portable power bank comes to market Elecom’s Na Plus power bank doesn’t use lithium and can be recharged nearly 5,000 times.