{"id":80109,"date":"2023-11-23T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=80109"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:15:00","slug":"northvolt-sodium-ion-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/northvolt-sodium-ion-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Northvolt&#8217;s Revolutionary Sodium-Ion Battery Packs Serious Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/northvolt-sodium-ion.jpg\" alt=\"northvolt sodium-ion battery cell\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/northvolt-sodium-ion.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/northvolt-sodium-ion-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/northvolt-sodium-ion-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/northvolt-sodium-ion-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s Northvolt is touting a specific energy of 160 watt-hours per kilogram for its newly announced sodium-ion battery cell.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While short of the energy density of the best lithium-ion battery cells \u2013 for example,\u00a0 Tesla\u2019s vehicle batteries at the cell level have 190\u2013200 Wh\/kg for LFP and 275\u2013300 Wh\/kg for nickel-based cells \u2013 the density is enough to make sodium-ion a viable stationary battery, using safer and more sustainable chemistries based on iron and sodium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/specific-energy-compared.png\" alt=\"bar chart comparing specific energy of NMC, LFP, Sodium-ion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/specific-energy-compared.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/specific-energy-compared-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/specific-energy-compared-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Northvolt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/northvolt.com\/articles\/northvolt-sodium-ion\/\">press release notes<\/a> this is<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cmore safe, cost-effective and sustainable than conventional nickel, manganese and cobalt (NMC) or iron phosphate (LFP) chemistries\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The battery uses a hard carbon anode and a cathode based on Prussian White.<\/p>\n<p>In case Prussian White is also new to you, I\u2019m going to <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsami.3c08521\">call on this article<\/a> from the American Chemical Society:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPrussian white (PW) is considered one of the most promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries because of its large ion diffusion channels, low lattice strain, facile preparation, nontoxicity, and low cost.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macsenlab.com\/battery-cathode-materials\/prussian-white\/#:~:text=Prussian%20white%20(PW)%20also%20referred,iron%2C%20carbon%2C%20and%20nitrogen.\">According to Macsen Labs<\/a>, it\u2019s<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cthe totally reduced and sodiated form of the pigment known as Prussian Blue. The basic building blocks of Prussian White are sodium, iron, carbon, and nitrogen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With what it says is a validated cell, Northvolt reckons it can be the first manufacturer to bring Prussian White-based batteries to the global market.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_80138\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/prussian-white-sodium-ion.jpg\" alt=\"Prussian White in powder form\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/prussian-white-sodium-ion.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/prussian-white-sodium-ion-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/prussian-white-sodium-ion-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-80138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prussian White in powder form. Image: Northvolt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peter Carlsson, CEO and co-founder of Northvolt, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe world has put high hopes on sodium-ion, and I\u2019m very pleased to say that we\u2019ve developed a technology that will enable its widespread deployment to accelerate the energy transition \u2026 battery technology like this is also crucial to reach global sustainability goals, by making electrification more cost-efficient, sustainable and accessible worldwide.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Northvolt developed the battery working with research partner Altris, and the company says the battery also offers low cost and safety at high temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Northvolt also said it can make the batteries with materials sourced locally in Sweden, giving it independence from the traditional lithium-ion supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>The company says future development work could enable it to build EV batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Sodium-ion battery development has <a href=\"https:\/\/batteryuniversity.com\/article\/bu-212-future-batteries\">typically struggled<\/a> with cycle life and also the cell volume expanding when fully charged. Nothvolt claims their sodium-ion batteries have &#8216;exceptional cycle life&#8217;, but there&#8217;s no mention of the volumetric expansion issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden\u2019s Northvolt is touting a specific energy of 160 watt-hours per kilogram for its newly announced sodium-ion battery cell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":80137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northvolt&#039;s Revolutionary Sodium-Ion Battery Packs Serious Punch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Northvolt claims their sodium-ion battery is safer, cheaper, long-lasting, and eco-friendly, using abundant materials. 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