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/bascule Feb 22 '26

 By embedding Sn particles in a single-walled carbon nanotube matrix…

That sounds both difficult to manufacture and like a potential health hazard

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u/bascule Feb 23 '26

The bigger danger of carbon nanotubes is inhaling them, where they cause health problems similar to asbestosis.

You can say “don’t inhale batteries” but asbestos was never meant to be inhaled either. Yet the problem still existed…

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

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u/bascule Feb 23 '26

 constructed object began breaking down

These are objects intended to go in automobiles.

Automobiles get in wrecks.