Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility Bavaria NaKlaR - Component development and customised recycling for sodium-ion batteries
Developing solutions for the remaining challenges that will lead to sustainable sodium-ion-batteries with improved electrochemical performance
The world's growing demand for energy can only be met by developing efficient energy storage technologies. Sodium-ion batteries are a promising alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. One advantage of sodium-ion batteries is the good availability of sodium (compared to lithium).
Nevertheless, there are still many challenges to overcome in sodium-ion technology (e.g. the production of sustainable water-based electrodes and the development of high-performance electrolytes).
In addition, very little effort has been made to date to develop recycling processes for sodium-ion batteries. From a sustainability perspective, it is necessary to consider recycling in the early development phase of sodium-ion batteries.