Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion's Batteries Story

Both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries are rechargeable, which operation mainly relies on the transfer of ions between the positive and negative electrodes. With the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists who made a milestone contribution in the field of the lithium-ion battery: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino, it is they who open the first door of light in the dark, let the battery fundamentally change our world.

Of course, in this complex and difficult interdisciplinary field, more scientists and engineers contribute great efforts to the field, and we are also looking forward to seeing the future - the coming super battery.

a fast charging lithium-ion battery image

Lithium-ion and sodium-ion are students of the Energy University, and they all belong to the alkali metal family. They are similar in character and interests. And always been good partners. On the day of the graduation, they went to the power bank for application. Lithium successfully got the offer, while sodium was refused.

Lithium mainly served as the negative electrode, and its company's performance was to a splash. It shines in a partnership with positive molybdenum disulfide, which sold 2 million batteries in just one year. However, people did not notice that it breeds a chronic disease in the battery cycle, which is lithium dendrites. Some of the batteries caused fires due to the dendrites, and people arose a crisis of confidence. It once encountered ignorance in the company.

Lithium didn't give up. In the years when it has been left out, he found cobalt, manganese, iron, phosphorus, oxygen to build lithium-cobalt oxide, lithium manganate, lithium-iron-phosphate working group, together formed its positive team. It also noticed the danger of its dendrites and signed a cooperation agreement with graphite anode and EC electrolyte. At this point, lithium metal no longer works as a negative electrode.

Lithium set up a new energy storage department - lithium-ion batteries. An energy storage solution called "embedded out" has finally been realized, and the era of lithium has arrived! The new project is well recognized in public, and lithium is rushing to cooperative units such as portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and drones. The extensive use of renewable energy is in urgent need of breakthroughs in energy storage technology. The senior executives of the Energy and Power Bank decided to set up a large-scale energy storage group. Some of them have thought of lithium's friend - sodium.

Sodium-ion battery has been cooperating with sulfur for years and has carried out energy storage works (sodium-sulfur battery) at high temperatures. The entering middle-aged sodium feels that lithium's energy storage program can be tried by itself.

The success of lithium-ion batteries has also led more and more people to find ways to inhibit the growth of dendrites. Sodium energy storage projects have also made great progress in recent years. On the broad energy storage road, they walk together and aim to change the future of energy storage.

 

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