The electric vehicle (EV) industry is looking to diversify beyond lithium-based batteries, and one of the main alternatives being considered is based on sodium-ion. One of the reasons Chinese ...

Lithium is geologically less abundant and more geographically concentrated than sodium, which has raised concerns around long-term cost volatility and availability as battery storage demand scales. 2 ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. CATL and BYD mass producing sodium ion batteries for cars and long-term storage Sodium ion batteries, which can be made ...

A new type of battery storage is about to be deployed on the Midwestern grid for the first time. Sodium-ion battery storage manufacturer Peak Energy and global energy company RWE Americas will pilot a ...

If you are living with the kidney disease IgA nephropathy (IgAN), you may be more sensitive to sodium, the mineral in salt. It can cause your blood pressure to rise more quickly, says Lakshmi Kannan, ...

A common element found in table salt may hold the key to powering China’s next wave of electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Cars featuring a sodium-ion battery, an emerging technology, are slated to go on ...

Sodium-ion batteries offer multiple advantages over their lithium-ion cousins. Energy storage, however, isn't one of them. That might be set to change thanks to a new method of creating the batteries ...

Watch a subscriber-only event exploring one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026—sodium-ion batteries. Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Listen to the session ...

The takeaway: For decades, battery engineers have gone to great lengths to remove water from their materials. However, new research shows that keeping water inside a key cathode material can sharply ...

Researchers reveal new mechanisms governing the storage and the movement of sodium ions in hard carbon nanopore anodes. (Nanowerk News) Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) are gaining traction as a ...

A lawsuit against Amazon alleging the retailer sold a chemical on its website that played a role in the suicides of several teenagers and adults can proceed to trial, the Washington State Supreme ...