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I am breathlessly awaiting the 2024 Lazard LCOE report. What is striking about this is that usable Sodium Ion is just entering the market in volume. It should:
by AtlasBarfed 2y ago
I am breathlessly awaiting the 2024 Lazard LCOE report.
What is striking about this is that usable Sodium Ion is just entering the market in volume. It should:
- push any and all electric-battery platforms under ICE equivalents by substantial margins, possibly 30-50% price reductions. Tools, Cars, Trucks, etc
- that will enable lithium chemistries to get cheaper, because they don't need to be used where their density isn't needed.
Sodium-Sulfur, which hopefully becomes viable in 5 years (might be dependent on commercial graphene so....), offers even more potential.
- pfdietz 2y agoSodium-sulfur batteries have traditionally operated at 300-350 C, which limits their acceptability and increases operating costs. Are you imagining lower temperature versions becoming available?
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoThere is MASSIVE investment in achieving room temps. The dendrite formation and other things are of course problematic. What I think is going to happen is that solid state battery techs will be applied. For example, I think they DO have a successfully cycling high-capacity room temp sodium sulfur chem ... they just need to use graphene. And the joke about graphene is that it can do anything EXCEPT get out of the lab/commercialize.