Lithium is Outdated! Meet the New and Improved Sodium Ion Batteries

Welcome to our Channel where we explore the latest Innovations in clean energy and sustainable Transportation today we have exciting news from catl the Chinese battery manufactured that is leading the charge in Battery Technology catl has just unveiled its second generation sodium ion battery a breakthrough that could change everything for the electric vehicle industry and Beyond as demand for EVS and renewable energy grows Battery Technology plays a critical role in making this transition possible Lithium-ion batteries which power most EVS today have limitations in terms of capacity cost and safety that's where sodium ion batteries come in sodium ion batteries use sodium as the main chemical ingredient instead of lithium which makes them cheaper and more abundant they also have the potential to offer higher energy density faster charging and better safety catl has been developing sodium ion battery technology for years and now they are ready to take it to the next level the new catl sodium ion battery 2.0 is a game changer it offers even higher energy density and longer cycle life than the first generation battery and it can be integrated with lithium-ion cells in the a b battery pack solution this opens up new possibilities for electric vehicles stationary storage and other applications with the new catl sodium ion battery 2.0 We Are One Step Closer to a sustainable future powered by Clean Energy join us as we explore this exciting technology and its potential impact on the world see a tail the world's largest battery manufacturer announced a sodium ion battery lithium is completely unnecessary and its price has exploded in recent months due to high demand Additionally the new salt battery is completely Cobalt free and 100 recyclable and by 2023 these next Generation batteries will be in mass production outside of China to this end the company invested his 1.8 billion US dollars in the construction of the largest battery Factory in Central Europe Germany supplies all German car manufacturers manufacturers such as Tesla Mercedes and have partnered with location to build a 7.4 billion dollars battery Factory in Hungary to ensure that the battery supply for Mercedes has an annual battery output of 100 gigawatt hours in fact we already have a long-term contract with Cato these batteries are also interesting for renewable energy storage it's because of the amazingly low price so what is this next Generation sodium ion battery all of what are the advantages over Lithium-ion batteries and how is it possible that salt could revolutionize the industry X explore how the next generation of sodium ion batteries will transform the entire Market Lithium-ion batteries which are found in nearly every new electric vehicle that leaves the factory have one major drawback currently there are only four countries in the world that can record my lithium on the load scale Argentina Australia and China but China Imports most of the lithium it uses in battery production to protect future supplies and stockpiles massive man-made scarcity but looking at forecasts for battery production over the next few years we are just getting started and one big problem is already clear the world will eventually run out of lithium isolated solutions from companies such as BMW Volkswagen and Tesla already have closed battery recycling circuits for internal cells on average each battery contains about 22 pounds of lithium in the famous PV magazine he published a study that by 2040 there will be three billion electric cars on the road many of them are powered by Lithium-ion batteries and by 2040 all known lithium sources will soon be exhausted 26 million tons Elon Musk also complained on Twitter the price of lithium has risen to insane levels Tesla may have to go straight to Mining and refining unless costs improve since lithium is almost ubiquitous on Earth there is no shortage of the element itself however the pace of extraction and purification is slow limiting factor for lithium batteries depends on raw material extraction lithium is a very energy intensive polluting and time-consuming process however demand for lithium is growing rapidly and new production is not keeping up new battery technologies are therefore needed to accommodate electrification make it scalable and above all reasonable Global lithium production was roughly flat from 2018 to 2021 while battery production nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021. this is where Next Generation sodium ion batteries come into play the principle of operation of sodium ion batteries is almost the same as that of Lithium-ion batteries catl claims that a single battery has three main advantages number one it is more cold tolerant than the Lithium-ion batteries found in current Tesla models anyone who drives a Tesla in the winter or in cold regions knows how this can natively affect the range of energy consumption and finally battery life number two sodium ion batteries are said to be very safe also its manufacturing process is the same as that of Lithium-ion batteries as a result known advances in battery manufacturing can be employed no need to reinvent the production process number three and most importantly since sodium is basically a salt it is a much more abundant substance than lithium nearly three percent of the Earth's crust is composed of sodium why is sodium not used in battery cells does it have more advantages than lithium the main drawback of sodium batteries compared to lithium is their energy density sodium is three times heavier than lithium also sodium ions are physically larger than lithium ions and cannot move freely between graphite layers a node in this case higher demands are placed on the material of the separator but there's a reason the world's largest battery maker takes the lead his catl headquarters in China has his team of five thousand with just one ultimate Mission find new ways of efficient battery catl has successfully produced Next Generation sodium ion batteries with energy densities comparable to those of Lithium-ion batteries what seemed like Theory a year ago is now becoming reality CF TL claims it can charge a 100 kilowatt battery from zero to 80 percent in 15 minutes battery cells retain 90 of their capacity even in extreme temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius it also survived 6 000 charging Cycles Lithium-ion batteries on the other hand only last about 3 000 Cycles however sodium ion batteries which have relatively low production costs are of particular interest to catl the industry agrees with Lithium-ion batteries due to the high price of Lithium-ion batteries large capacity NCA batteries have an energy density of about 250. how many hours per kilogram the left tee about 200 watt hours per kilogram and the new sodium ion battery is 160 Watt hours per kilogram a 36 percent lower energy density doesn't look promising at first glance but a new patent from catl indicates that catl is already working on a new version of this sodium cell rated at 200 watt hours per kilogram sodium ion batteries see a TL are already eight percent cheaper to manufacture analysts talk about a kilowatt hour price of eighty dollars it should drop to twenty dollars 25 or 30 dollars per kilo an hour global average battery cost in 2021 will be 137 dollars per claw representing the 78 price ROV in addition catl reports that production of lithium-ion cells can be switched over to sodium ion cells with very little effort due to functionality the functions and structures of cells are almost identical however we will see if catl can deliver on its promises when mass production begins in 2023 the industry is looking for Alternatives another company reported a breakthrough in aluminum-based graphene batteries they claim that aluminum ion batteries can be charged 70 times faster than traditional lithium batteries and have three times the capacity sustainable future powered by Clean Energy we hope you've enjoyed this video and have 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Length: 10min 3sec (603 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 09 2023