Sodium ion batteries - The low-cost future of energy storage?

Sodium-ion batteries have promising cost, safety, sustainability and performance characteristics over traditional lithium-ion batteries but what are the key materials, how do they compare with each other and what does their scale-up pathway look like?

Here in this video we'll cover how sodium-ion batteries work, the pros and cons of different materials and discuss broader materials considerations.

00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - A battery powered future
00:34 - The growing demand for lithium-ion batteries
01:08 - How abundant are the raw materials?
01:59 - Mineral production
03:08 - Sodium-ion batteries
04:42 - Lithium-ion vs sodium-ion batteries
05:33 - Performance comparison
06:47 - Cost
08:42 - Potential applications
09:33 - Inside a lithium-ion battery
10:26 - How does a sodium-ion battery work?
11:19 - Similarities and differences in materials
12:31 - Sodium-ion battery cathode materials
13:41 - Layered transition metal oxides
14:42 - Prussian blue analogues
15:28 - Polyanion
16:05 - Comparison of different sodium-ion battery cathodes
16:52 - Sodium-ion battery anode materials
17:34 - Comparison of different sodium-ion battery anodes
18:10 - What is hard carbon?
18:57 - Summary
20:22 - Closing remarks

Interested in learning more?
Here are some books which I recommend to learn more about the history of batteries and how they've impacted the world
📚 Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green - Henry Sanderson - https://amzn.to/4aa81te (Amazon)
📚 The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War - Steve LeVine - https://amzn.to/44O37kR (Amazon)
📚 Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions - Akshat Rathi - https://amzn.to/3JWmy0Q (Amazon)