Sodium nickel-iron-manganese oxide

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Energy density

Stored energy per unit volume, in watt-hours per litre. It is the figure that matters when space is the constraint, as in a phone or under a car floor; high-energy cylindrical cells pass 700 Wh/L.

Hard carbon

A disordered, non-graphitisable carbon used as the negative electrode of sodium-ion cells, where graphite barely works, and as a fast-charge additive in lithium-ion. Its open structure accepts ions without the strict layer spacing of graphite.

Layered oxide

The crystal structure of LCO, NMC and NCA: close-packed oxygen layers with lithium and transition-metal ions in alternate layers of octahedral sites, so lithium moves in two-dimensional sheets. The structure offers high capacity and voltage but can distort or mix cations when deeply delithiated. Sodium versions are labelled O3 or P2 by their stacking.

Sodium iron pyrophosphate-phosphate

A polyanionic sodium-ion positive electrode, Na₄Fe₃(PO₄)₂P₂O₇, made from cheap iron and phosphate. With a hard-carbon negative it gives cells of about 2.8–3.0 V nominal with long cycle life and good thermal stability, but less energy than layered oxides. It plays the role LFP plays among lithium-ion chemistries.

Sodium-ion battery

A cell built like a lithium-ion cell but shuttling sodium ions, usually between a hard-carbon negative and a layered-oxide (NFM), polyanionic (NFPP, NVP) or Prussian-blue positive. It uses no lithium or cobalt and needs no copper foil, so it can be stored at 0 V, at the cost of lower energy density.

References & further reading

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1. Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities

   Jang Wook Choi, Doron Aurbach · Nature Reviews Materials · 2016

   Topic background · Post-lithium-ion materials and battery concepts, including practical cell-level limitations; historical 2016 perspective.

2. DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA

   Sandia National Laboratories · 2013

   Topic background · Storage technologies and grid services. The publisher notes that its historical cost and deployment figures are outdated.