Sodium-Ion Batteries: from Materials Development to Technology Innovation
(WorldNews Environment)

Within the TRANSITION Project, KIT, HIU and partners will develop powerful Sodium-ion battery prototypes for future application in electro-mobility and stationary energy storage. Prof. Stefano Passerini and Hyein Moon assemble a sodium ion battery in a glove box. (Foto: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT) To provide an environmentally friendly, cost-effective and high-performing alternative to lithium-ion batteries - that`s the goal for the next generation of sodium-ion batteries. The technically relevant active materials and electrolytes are currently being designed and optimized by scientists of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Center for Solar Energy and...