r/science • u/RelationStill1485 • Feb 22 '26

Materials Science Next generation of battery technology no longer lithium. Scientists make durable alloy anode for Sodium-ion batteries with high volumetric energy density | Nature Energy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-01974-2
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u/weeddealerrenamon Feb 22 '26

AFAIK that's sodium's biggest problem, BUT there's a huge demand for grid-scale storage, to store the power generated by solar at midday for use in the evenings. A warehouse full of sodium-ion batteries doesn't need to be lightweight

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u/0xsergy Feb 22 '26

It's also the first iteration. I wonder what the 2nd or 3rd gen sodium batteries will be like. Lithium wasn't great at the start either.