Energy storage plays an important part in energy transition. Progress in battery technology was a key enabler of electromobility. Stationary battery storage of electricity is necessary to synchronise solar and wind energy with demand, but also hydrogen will be an important energy carrier with the transition from fossil fuels to Read more…
In a blogpost in early December last year, I wrote about the potential future use of salt batteries in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage. I also provided estimates on potential future salt use in batteries: https://saltmarketinfo.com/salt-based-batteries-5/ Battery Storage Capacity in EV’s and Stationary Energy Storage is Growing Faster Than Read more…
Current and Future Salt Consumption in Battery Production Salt consumption in batteries in the 2022 – 2030 period is roughly estimated from battery capacities as published in the context of Li-ion batteries. The graph shows a battery storage capacity forecast by Bloomberg as of 2019. Three sodium-based battery types were Read more…
Battery Types – Sodium Sulfur Battery Like the previously discussed sodium nickel chloride battery, the sodium sulfur battery is a high temperature sodium battery. The Na-sulfur (Na–S) battery is a molten-salt battery consisting of a liquid sodium anode, a sulfur cathode, and an Al2O3 solid electrolyte. The electrode reactions can be Read more…
Battery Types – Sodium Nickel Chloride Battery Sodium Nickel Chloride batteries use plain salt and nickel as the raw materials for their electrodes in combination with a ceramic electrolyte and a molten salt. The battery type, initially known as ZEBRA battery, has its roots in South Africa in the mid-1970s. Read more…
Battery Types Salt based batteries have been developed since the 1970s. The benefits of lithium batteries, namely higher energy density as a result of higher potential and lower mass, shifted the focus of the battery community away from sodium. There are two different types of salt-based batteries. One is the Read more…
More recently, salt-based batteries are gaining attention. Questions around the supply security of lithium and other Li-ion battery raw materials, drastic price increases linked to insecurity of supply, and sustainability issues around battery raw-materials, drive the search towards alternative battery technologies. Salt would be the ideal raw material for batteries. Read more…