This is a follow-up podcast of Prof. Passerini's previous talk on Sodium Ion Batteries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuZ9CrTnYLA

Momentum is on the side of Sodium Ion Batteries! As prices are rising for lithium ion battery materials, such as Nickel, Cobalt and Lithium among a few others, demand for alternative materials is getting louder. The first manufacturers (CATL, Tiamat, Faradion, Natron Energy) all claim to have found a unique way of substituting lithium ion batteries with SIB cell chemistry. In fact, these batteries dont show any great downsides at all: Lifespan, Performance, Capacity are comparable to LIB technology. So, the major driving factors are safety and costs. Plus, sustainability issues such as material sourcing, abundance and mining are supposedly much less problematic compared to lithium-based batteries. Production expenses are as well pretty similar to those ones existing. Only drop of bitterness: Some cathode materials could be toxic in some forms. And: The less valuable electrode materials are designed, battery recycling doesnt really pay off.