Energy-Efficient Method to Produce Hard Carbon Electrode for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Written by AZoMDec 15 2020
Low-cost rechargeable batteries form the core of almost all portable electronic devices, which have increasingly become prevalent in day-to-day modern life.
The higher capacity of this new hard carbon electrode material means that a 19% increase in energy density by weight is possible in sodium-ion batteries compared with lithium-ion batteries. Image Credit: Shinichi Komaba from Tokyo University of Science.
Besides this, rechargeable batteries also serve as crucial components in several eco-friendly technologies, like electric systems and cars that harvest renewable energy. Rechargeable batteries are also major enablers of numerous medical instruments and facilitate studies in many different fields as the energy source of cameras and electronic sensors. So, it is no wonder that plenty of batteries occupy the top position because of their excellent performance across the board with regard to stability, capacity, charging time and price.