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…