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Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)

submitted 6 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Especially considering there's no fire from a sodium cell, just a quick bang. They definitely seem a lot safer.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We already know how to take care of this in big capacitors. You put a breakaway vent in.

[–] cybersin@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Yep, cylindrical Li-ion cells like the 18650 already do this.

[–] cybersin@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Yep, less/no fire is very important when creating battery banks with many cells. The probability of single cell failure spreading to adjacent cells is reduced, making a catastrophic failure of the entire bank less likely.