A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of ...

Sodium-ion batteries stand out because sodium is abundant and inexpensive, yet their commercialization is hindered by the lack of high-performance anode materials. Hard carbon is widely regarded as ...

Scientists discovered that keeping water in sodium vanadate hydrate doubles a sodium battery’s charge capacity and stability. The same technology can also remove salt from seawater, creating potential ...

Chinese battery makers are racing to turn sodium, the stuff behind table salt, into the next big power source for cars and data centers. CATL, BYD and others have announced sodium-ion and solid-state ...

Researchers in Japan have made a significant achievement that could help unlock safer, high-performance ...

Automakers in China and Europe are moving real electric vehicle programs to sodium-ion batteries ...

Researchers reveal new mechanisms governing the storage and the movement of sodium ions in hard carbon nanopore anodes.

Watch a subscriber-only event exploring one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026—sodium-ion ...

These days, batteries are found in just about every electronic device you could imagine. From phones to lawn mowers to cars, the items that make life in the modern world happen to do so with a battery ...

The transition to a society without fossil fuels means that the need for batteries is increasing at a rapid pace. At the same time, the increase will mean a shortage of the metals lithium and cobalt, ...

A rechargeable battery technology that offers advantages over lithium-ion. Sodium-ion batteries can be significantly less expensive because sodium (salt) is much more abundant and cheaper to extract ...

Mongolia, February 11, 2026-- CHANGAN Automobile, in partnership with CATL, today unveiled the world's first mass-production passenger vehicle equipped with sodium-ion batteries at the "CHANGAN SDA ...