Swedish company Northvolt develops new state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery produced with locally sourced materials, entirely independent of traditional battery value chains - Feddit
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In a statement, Northvolt says its validated cell is more safe, cost-effective, and sustainable than conventional nickel, manganese and cobalt (NMC) or iron phosphate (LFP) chemistries and is produced with minerals such as iron and sodium that are abundant on global markets. It is based on a hard carbon anode and a Prussian White-based cathode, and is free from lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite. Leveraging a breakthrough in battery design and manufacturing, Northvolt plans to be the first to industrialize Prussian White-based batteries and bring them to commercial markets. Reports across the web also say the technology enables the supply chain to become ecologically more sustainable, cheaper, abd less dependent on China.
  • 🦘min0nim🦘English
    46•7 months ago

    Great and all, but this is a literal press release. It could be PR spruiking, it could be pump’n’dump play, it could be friggin genuinely great. No way to know from a press release.

    • 4dpuzzleEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      Sodium ion batteries are already a thing. It’s coming for sure. Either this or some other company. But we need it.

  • petrescatraian
    10•7 months ago

    It’s always great when not depending by other countries I guess, specially when they are bloody dictatorships

    • Sonori
      16•7 months ago

      Now i know Australia has been having some trouble with conservatives recently and is overrun with emus, but i’m not sure the entire country counts as a bloody dictatorship yet.

      • petrescatraian
        2•7 months ago

        @sonori yea, not all suppliers of Lithium and other produce for modern batteries are bloody dictatorships. But sadly the whole world does not rely solely on them.

        • Sonori
          1•7 months ago

          True, but the largest suppliers are democratic countries, and scale does matter in this type of conversation.

        • Sonori
          1•7 months ago

          Nothing stopping you from investing in moving up the value chain except a lack of government interest in doing so.

  • @0x4E4FEnglish
    3•7 months ago

    …and is produced with minerals such as iron and sodium …

    Iron is a mineral 🤨?

    • Alto
      8•7 months ago

      IIRC even ice is technically a mineral

    • @abhibeckert@beehaw.org
      6•7 months ago

      Go look up mineral in a dictionary… it literally means anything solid that’s not “organic”.

      So yeah iron and sodium (salt) are absolutely minerals and so is ice.

      • @0x4E4FEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        So, minerals are then divided in subcategories, like metals, right?