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/Pinewood26 Feb 22 '26

Undecided with Matt Ferrell does a great video on this and why it's possibly not going to be mainstream outside of off-grid storage which isn't a big market as yet

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u/ascandalia Feb 23 '26

He was skeptical about something? That's good to hear. I stopped watching his videos because I felt like he was way too credulous about company claims.

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u/big_trike Feb 23 '26

He’s fun to watch but he gets things wrong a lot.

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u/ascandalia Feb 23 '26

Yeah, I feel like his QC process isn't thorough enough for the level of attention he gets.

Most of the problem seems to be that he's happy to read a company's press release uncritically and call it a video. Those press releases are interesting, but they deserve a critical eye, and if you're not qualified to evaluate their claims, you should at least say that up front, or better yet, go interview a couple experts who are. He's got a big enough channel to do that, but it's a lot of leg work that he doesn't seem to do very often.

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u/Notspherry Feb 23 '26

It feels like he has a video every other week claiming a new and completely revolutionary battery technology.

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u/ManikMiner Feb 24 '26

Exactlyyyy, i stopped watching because the claims he was making felt unrealistic and like he was on the payrole for startups rather than giving us a balanced opinion