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…
  • MxM111@kbin.social
    191·
    8 months ago

    70 Wh/Kg is indeed very low density comparing with today’s li-ion 300 Wh/kg.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      8 months ago

      Yeah but for many low-power applications, it’s a damn cool development. Like I have a bluetooth keyboard and a few controllers that could eaisly fit a battery 3x-4x the current size inside no problem, so there’s no need to waste lithium on that.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
      16·
      8 months ago

      At 1000 times the abundancy, it is already 233 times better for stationary applications than lithium ion, no?

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      8 months ago

      Still great for grid storage. Save the higher density stuff for cars, trucks, and space.

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      That’s pretty good for early production and I’m sure that will improve over time.