Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production. The company slipped a little past its 2023 kickoff plans, but it didn't fall too far behind as far as mass battery production goes. It officially commenced…
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I didn't see anything about round trip efficiency. I've heard that's a big downside so it might make energy storage a hard sell.
97% RTe from what I've heard.
That would be awesome, any idea where you heard that, I've read other sodium based technologies have ~65%
https://www.faraday.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Faraday_Insights_11_FINAL.pdf (bottom of last column on page 3)
This article is saying 93% but I thought I'd seen 97 somewhere. Might have been marketing bullshit. Though this paper is 3 years old now, so there's been time for improvement. What hits the market right now may not be up to that number either, so I wouldn't disbelieve 65% either.