Sodium, which is 500 times more abundant than lithium, has recently attracted great attention due to its potential in sodium ion battery technologies.
However, current sodium-ion batteries face fundamental limitations such as lower power output, limited storage capabilities and longer charging times.
A research team led by Professor Jeung Ku Kang from the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; developed a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery.
Charges in seconds
South Korean scientists say that the new battery can be fully charged in a few seconds.
The innovative hybrid energy storage system combines anode materials typically used in batteries with cathodes suitable for supercapacitors.
This combination enables the device to achieve both high storage capacities and fast charge-discharge rates, making the device a suitable next-generation alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
It is predicted that batteries will have wider applications in various electronic devices.
New technology could eliminate range anxiety by significantly increasing the charging capacity of electric car batteries and more than doubling the range of existing electric vehicles.
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